Pseudognaphalium microcephalum |
Pseudognaphalium canescens |
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felt-leaf everlasting, San Diego rabbit-tobacco, Wright's cudweed |
slender cudweed, Wright's cudweed, Wright's rabbit-tobacco |
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Habit | Perennials, (30–)50–100 cm; taprooted. | Annuals or perennials, 20–70(–100+) cm; taprooted. |
Stems | persistently grayish tomentose, not glandular, (3–5 mm diam. near bases). |
persistently tomentose, not glandular (2–3 mm diam. near bases). |
Leaf | blades narrowly oblanceolate, 2–5(–8) cm × 5–10(–18) mm (gradually smaller distally, becoming lanceolate), bases not clasping, not decurrent, margins flat, faces weakly bicolor, tomentose (adaxial less densely), not glandular. |
blades narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, mostly 2–4(–5) cm × 2–8(–15) mm, bases not clasping, not decurrent, margins flat, faces weakly bicolor, tomentose (adaxial less densely tomentose, sometimes sessile-glandular beneath tomentum). |
Involucres | turbinate-campanulate, 5–6 mm. |
turbinate-campanulate, 4–5 mm. |
Pistillate florets | 29–49. |
(16–)24–44. |
Bisexual florets | 5–9. |
(1–)2–5(–6), 5–6 more common in northern part of range. |
Phyllaries | in 4–5 series, white (opaque, dull), ovate to oblong-ovate (inner narrower, all usually with filiform but definitely thickened keel and slight apiculum), tomentose (at least bases). |
in 3–4 series, white (opaque to hyaline, dull to shiny), narrowly ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. |
Heads | in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
usually in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | ridged, smooth to weakly papillate-roughened. |
ridged, weakly papillate-roughened. |
2n | = 28. |
= 28. |
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum |
Pseudognaphalium canescens |
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Phenology | Flowering (Apr–)Jun–Aug(–Nov). | Flowering Aug–Nov(–Jan). |
Habitat | Grassy hillsides, gravelly canyon bottoms, chaparral, coastal sage scrub | Lava beds, rocky sites, grasslands, oak, pine-oak, and pine woodlands |
Elevation | 50–900(–1800) m (200–3000(–5900) ft) | 1100–2500(–2700) m (3600–8200(–8900) ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; OK; TX; UT; Mexico
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Discussion | Pseudognaphalium microcephalum is characterized by stems commonly stiffly erect and slightly zigzag distally, relatively thick (3–5 mm diam. near bases), and closely grayish tomentose, leaves oblanceolate, sessile, sometimes clasping, not decurrent, and weakly bicolor, and heads usually in open, corymbiform arrays. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Most plants of Pseudognaphalium canescens produce white, opaque, keeled, apiculate phyllaries; in the southern portion of its range (Jalisco southeastward) and scattered localities elsewhere, the phyllaries may be more hyaline and lack a pronounced keel and apiculum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 419. | FNA vol. 19, p. 418. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Pseudognaphalium | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Pseudognaphalium |
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Synonyms | Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium albidum, Gnaphalium canescens subsp. microcephalum, P. canescens subsp. microcephalum | Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium sonorae, Gnaphalium texanum, Gnaphalium viridulum, Gnaphalium wrightii |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Anderberg: Opera Bot. 104: 147. (1991) | (de Candolle) Anderberg: Opera Bot. 104: 147. (1991) |
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