Pseudognaphalium californicum

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Pseudognaphalium californicum"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Pseudognaphalium"
species = "P. californicum"
binomial = "Pseudognaphalium californicum"
binomial_authority = (DC.) Anderb.
synonyms = "Gnaphalium californicum"

"Pseudognaphalium californicum" (syn. "Gnaphalium californicum") is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by several common names, including ladies' tobacco, California rabbit tobacco, and California cudweed. It is native to the west coast of North America from Washington to Baja California, where it is a member of the flora of many habitats, including chaparral. This is an annual or biennial herb growing a branching stem reaching 20 to 80 centimeters in height. Stem branches bear linear to somewhat lance-shaped leaves 2 to 20 centimeters long. The green herbage is glandular and scented. The inflorescence is a wide cluster of flower heads, each enveloped in an involucre of rows of bright white phyllaries.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1239,1241 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PSCA13 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067386 Flora of North America]
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* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Gnaphalium+californicum Photo gallery]