Pseudognaphalium Californicum, California Cudweed
Plants > Wildflowers > Asteraceae > Pseudognaphalium Californicum
Common names:
California cudweed, California rabbit tobacco
Family:
Scientific name:
Pseudognaphalium californicum
Main flower color:
Range:
California, and small areas of Oregon
Height:
Up to 2 feet
Habitat:
Dry hillsides, canyons, chaparral; in mountains and along the coast, up to 7,500 feet
Leaves:
Alternate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, up to 4 inches long and 1 inch wide, clasping at the base
Season:
April to August
Flowerheads of pseudognaphalium californicum appear silvery white due to the many small, oblong/ovate phyllaries, in seven to ten series, which surround the bell-shaped involucre. Sometimes the phyllaries have a pinkish tint. When mature, the flowerheads open out to reveal a ring of seven to 12 lobed yellow ray florets around a tightly-packed center of up to 140 brownish-yellow disc florets. The inflorescence is an open cluster, flat-topped or somewhat rounded.
Leaves are dull green, on both sides, with entire margins, sometimes rolled under and/or wavy. Leaves are shorter higher up the stem, but not excessively so. Leaves and stems have a covering of short, glandular hairs.
Leaves are dull green, on both sides, with entire margins, sometimes rolled under and/or wavy. Leaves are shorter higher up the stem, but not excessively so. Leaves and stems have a covering of short, glandular hairs.
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