Burke: Pseudognaphalium microcephalum vs. Pseudognaphalium californicum

	Pseudognaphalium microcephalum	Pseudognaphalium californicum
		California cudweed, California everlasting
Habit	Herbaceous perennials, the stems 30-70 cm. tall, loosely white-woolly, not glandular.
Leaves	Leaves alternate, oblanceolate to linear, 3-8 cm. long and 3-6 mm. wide, with a wing down the stem below each leaf 4-15 mm. long, the blades loosely white-woolly and with sessile glands.
Flowers	Heads in loose to dense, flat-topped inflorescences; involucres broadly top-shaped, 5-6 mm. long; involucral bracts in 3-4 series, usually shiny and whitish, glabrous, ovate to oblong; corollas all tubular, the outer pistillate, 35-55, the inner perfect, 4-7; pappus of capillary bristles.
Fruits	Achenes rigid, roughened.

	Pseudognaphalium microcephalum	Pseudognaphalium californicum
Flowering time	June-September	June-July
Habitat	Dry, sandy banks and ditches, open woods of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, and mixed deciduous forests.	Sandy soils, dunes, coastal canyons and chaparral.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Utah. [WildflowerSearch map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern Washington to Baja California, Mexico. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. californicum, P. luteoalbum, P. macounii, P. stramineum, P. thermale	P. luteoalbum, P. macounii, P. stramineum, P. thermale
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Pseudognaphalium microcephalum

Pseudognaphalium californicum

California cudweed, California everlasting

Habit

Herbaceous perennials, the stems 30-70 cm. tall, loosely white-woolly, not glandular.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, oblanceolate to linear, 3-8 cm. long and 3-6 mm. wide, with a wing down the stem below each leaf 4-15 mm. long, the blades loosely white-woolly and with sessile glands.

Flowers

Heads in loose to dense, flat-topped inflorescences;

involucres broadly top-shaped, 5-6 mm. long;

involucral bracts in 3-4 series, usually shiny and whitish, glabrous, ovate to oblong;

corollas all tubular, the outer pistillate, 35-55, the inner perfect, 4-7;

pappus of capillary bristles.

Fruits

Achenes rigid, roughened.