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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-001:
Gnaphalium obtusifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Rabbit-tobacco, Eastern Rabbit-tobacco, Sweet Everlasting, Catfoot
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gnob_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190504_8100
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s000619_c
June Greenville County SC
Leaves almost hairless above, densely matted white hairy beneath, sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190806_0603
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190806_0605
August Greenville County SC
Leaves are narrowed at the base and do not clasp the stem, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).
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JK Marlow jkm120908_461
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120908_465
September Greenville County SC
Flowers whitish to pale yellow, bracts white woolly hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0410n_21
October Oconee County SC
Dried leaves remain during winter, twisted to reveal whitish undersides, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm061001_030
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm061028_016
October Pickens County SC
Nutlets are released with and without plumes, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7768
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm211001_3957
October Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_obtusifolium_4
October
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JK Marlow jkm0311a_22
November Pickens County SC
Roadside
Emits fragrance of pepper or tobacco when rubbed or crushed, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-001:
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
617
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Prairies, openings, woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy pinelands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p405
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p553
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p402
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p179
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p215
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p117
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p261
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p108
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p347
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p180
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