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Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Gnaphalium palustre - western marsh cudweed

Synonyms: Filaginella palustris, Gnaphalium heteroides
Other Common Names: lowland cudweed, marsh everlasting, marsh cudweed
Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub

Family: Asteraceae


   
 
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Keir Morse @ http://calphotos.berkeley.edu, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)
Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native   Life Cycle: Annual
General Desc: Low growing, commonly much branched at base with erect or ascending stems. Flower heads in small leafy bracted clusters, not in spikes; bracts scarcely overlapping. The bracts in the flower head have a dry membranous appearance but are stiff at the tip.
Identification notes: Stems short or up 12 inches tall; stems and foliage are nearly white due to their coating of woolly hairs; leaves are small and lance-shaped; flower is a cluster of very small flower heads in a nest of woolly fibers and leafy bracts.
Height: To 12 inches


Habitat

Habitat Description: Found along streams, grassy plains and on valley floors.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 1000 - 5000 feet


Flower Characteristics

Color: Whitish to brown, greenish     Shape: Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters     Tubular: N     Flowering Period: Apr - Oct
Description: Small clusters of 3 to 10 whitish to brownish-green or straw colored flower heads in terminal or axillary positions. Floral bracts are scale- like and pale brown with white tips. This species has no ray florets, only disc florets.


Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green     Leaf Type: Simple     Leaf Shape: Narrow     Leaf Margin: Smooth     Leaf Attachment: Alternate     Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves     Spines: N
Leaf Description: Single veined leaves covered with loose woolly hairs about 1/8 inch long; oblong to lance-shaped; margins are smooth to slightly wavy.


Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Notes: Dry 1-seeded fruit resembles an achene but is surrounded by a sheath (cypselae) formed by sepals.


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