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Western Marsh Cudweed
Gnaphalium palustre
  
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About Western Marsh Cudweed (Gnaphalium palustre) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Gnaphalium palustre, known by the common name western marsh cudweed, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. 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. Gnaphalium palustre is an annual herb growing erect stems which may be short or up to about 30 centimeters (12 inches) tall. The stems and foliage are nearly white due to their coating of woolly hairs. The leaves are small and lance-shaped to scoop-shaped. The inflorescence holds a cluster of flower heads in a nest of woolly fibers. Each head has brownish to pale yellowish phyllaries surrounding a center of many tiny flowers.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Annual herb

Size
Size
11.8 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Brown

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 14 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Vanessa virginiensis Image
American Lady Vanessa virginiensisVanessa virginiensis
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Argyrotaenia franciscana Image
Orange Tortrix Moth Argyrotaenia franciscanaArgyrotaenia franciscana
*
Egira hiemalis Image
Egira hiemalisEgira hiemalis
*
Tebenna gnaphaliella Image
Everlasting Tebenna Moth Tebenna gnaphaliellaTebenna gnaphaliella
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Hellinsia phoebus Image
Hellinsia phoebusHellinsia phoebus
*
Rifseria fuscotaeniaella Image
Rifseria fuscotaeniaellaRifseria fuscotaeniaella

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 4.4" - 151.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 5.67", Coldest Month: 19.1" - 60.0", Hottest Month: 42.0" - 87.6", Humidity: 0.04" - 40.42", Elevation: -4" - 12721"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Lowland Cudweed, Marsh Everlasting


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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