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Pulicaria paludosa

Spanish false fleabane
Habit Annuals (biennials, or short-lived perennials), (5–)20–120 cm.
Leaf

blades oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 1–3 cm × 2–7 mm, bases clasping, margins entire, ± revolute.
Ray florets

(10–)20–30+;

corolla laminae 1.5–2+ mm.
Disc florets

(9–)40–100+;

corollas 2–3 mm.
Phyllaries

lance-linear to linear, 3–5 mm, pilosulous.
Cypselae

0.8–1 mm, ± hirsutulous;

pappi: outer cups 0.1–0.2(–0.4) mm, inner 12–20+ bristles 2–3 mm.
2n

= 18 (Spain).

Pulicaria paludosa
Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Roadways, dry streambeds, seasonal wetlands
Elevation 30–600 m (100–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Europe (Portugal, Spain) [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion

Pulicaria paludosa was first recognized as a naturalized weed in southern California in the early 1960s (P. H. Raven 1963b); it had been collected earlier by P. A. Munz (in 1946).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 472.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Inuleae > Pulicaria
Synonyms P. hispanica
Name authority Link: Neues J. Bot. 1(3): 142. (1806)
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