Gnaphalium palustre
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Lowland cudweed, Western marsh cudweed
Gnaphalium palustre is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands
Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian, many plant communities
Gnaphalium: Gnaphalium: derived from the Greek gnaphalon, "a lock of wool," describing these plants as floccose-woolly. The genus Gnaphalium was published in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. (ref. genus Gnaphalium)
[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat: The plant is native to much of western North America, where it is common in many habitats and from valley floor to mountain alpine elevations of Western Canada, the Western United States, and Northwestern Mexico. It is found from British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan south as far as Baja California Sur, Arizona, and New Mexico. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
