Pseudognaphalium macounii - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Asteraceae
Synonymous with Gnaphalium macounii Greene
Habitat
Open places like shale barrens.
Associates
Distribution
Quebec to British Columbia, south to WV, TN, and Mexico.
Morphology
Fragrant annual or winter annual; stems to 1 m, glandular-hairy, often becoming woolly in the inflorescence; leaves decurrent at the base, woolly beneath, glandular-hairy above, the hairs shorter and sparser than those of the stem.
Notes
Flowers July to September
Wetland indicator: FACU
Similar to P. obtusifolium which has more woolly and less glandular stems and leaves that are not decurrent at the base.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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