Pseudognaphalium stramineum
(Kunth) Anderb.
Cottonbatting plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands
Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities
Pseudognaphalium: Pseudognaphalium: literally false Gnaphalium, this is the new genus name for several species of Gnaphalium, and refers to a superficial resemblance to genus Gnaphalium. Gnaphalium: derived from the Greek gnaphalon, "a lock of wool," describing these plants as floccose-woolly.
