Pseudognaphalium microcephalum |
Pseudognaphalium jaliscense |
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felt-leaf everlasting, San Diego rabbit-tobacco, Wright's cudweed |
Jalisco rabbit-tobacco |
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Habit | Perennials, (30–)50–100 cm; taprooted. | Annuals or biennials, 30–70 cm; taprooted. |
Stems | persistently grayish tomentose, not glandular, (3–5 mm diam. near bases). |
(branched among heads) densely and persistently loosely woolly-tomentose-sericeous, not glandular. |
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 lanceolate to nearly linear, 3–10 cm × 3–6 mm, bases not clasping, decurrent 4–8 mm, margins flat or slightly revolute, faces concolor, tomentose-sericeous (bases of hairs enlarged), sessile-glandular beneath tomentum. |
Involucres | turbinate-campanulate, 5–6 mm. |
campanulate, 5–6 mm. |
Pistillate florets | 29–49. |
(80–)115[–180]. |
Bisexual florets | 5–9. |
(6–)8–12[–30]. |
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 5–6(–7) series, white (opaque, dull), ovate or elliptic (keeled, apiculate), glabrous. |
Heads | in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | ridged, smooth to weakly papillate-roughened. |
weakly ridged, papillate-roughened or smooth. |
2n | = 28. |
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Pseudognaphalium microcephalum |
Pseudognaphalium jaliscense |
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Phenology | Flowering (Apr–)Jun–Aug(–Nov). | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Grassy hillsides, gravelly canyon bottoms, chaparral, coastal sage scrub | Grasslands, chaparral, openings in oak-pine-juniper, oak, and ponderosa pine woodlands, roadsides, disturbed sites |
Elevation | 50–900(–1800) m (200–3000(–5900) ft) | 1500–2300 m (4900–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AZ; CO; NE; NM; TX; Mexico |
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.) |
Pseudognaphalium jaliscense is recognized by its relatively long, narrow, concolor to weakly bicolor leaves with non-clasping, short-decurrent bases, relatively large heads with white, opaque, dull phyllaries, and relatively large numbers of pistillate and bisexual florets. Counts of pistillate and bisexual florets from the United States collections are mostly 90–115 and (6–)8–12 (fewer than in Mexico). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 419. | FNA vol. 19, p. 424. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Pseudognaphalium | Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Pseudognaphalium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium albidum, Gnaphalium canescens subsp. microcephalum, P. canescens subsp. microcephalum | Gnaphalium jaliscense |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Anderberg: Opera Bot. 104: 147. (1991) | (Greenman) Anderberg: Opera Bot. 104: 147. (1991) |
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