Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Linnaeus) Hilliard & Burtt. Common name: Eastern Rabbit-tobacco, Fragrant Rabbit-tobacco, Cat's-foot. Phenology: Aug-Nov. Habitat: Prairies, openings, woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy pinelands, disturbed areas. Distribution: NB west to ON, south to s. FL and c. and s. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Nesom (2024a) for details about a necessary retypification to maintain current usage of the name Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA19, Il, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, WH3, Freire et al (2022), Nesom (2001a); = Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. — GrPl, Oh3, RAB, S, SE1, W, WV, (basionym); = Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. var. obtusifolium — C, G, Tat, Arriagada (1998); = Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & Burtt ssp. obtusifolium — K4; > Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. var. obtusifolium — F; > Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. var. praecox Fernald — F; ? Gnaphalium polycephalum Michx.; > Gnaphalium saxicola Fassett — F; > Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & Burtt ssp. obtusifolium; > Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (L.) Hilliard & Burtt ssp. praecox (Fernald) Kartesz
Links to other floras: = Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium - FNA19
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Erect annual/biennial of openings, woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy pinelands and disturbed areas. | Stems unbranched, woolly-hairy (may become smooth at base). | Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-oblong, 1-4 in. long, wavy-margined, woolly and white beneath, smooth and green (or slightly hairy) above, fragrant; first-year rosette leaves spatula-shaped. | Compound flowers (heads) in clumps of 1-5 in branching, terminal cluster; heads about 1/4 in. wide and pointed or flat-topped, consisting of white (or yellow-tinged), tubular disk florets (no ray florets) tightly enclosed by several series of brownish-white, papery and woolly bracts. | 8-36 in. | Erect annual/biennial of openings, woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy pinelands and disturbed areas. | Stems unbranched, woolly-hairy (may become smooth at base). | Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-oblong, 1-4 in. long, wavy-margined, woolly and white beneath, smooth and green (or slightly hairy) above, fragrant; first-year rosette leaves spatula-shaped. | Compound flowers (heads) in clumps of 1-5 in branching, terminal cluster; heads about 1/4 in. wide and pointed or flat-topped, consisting of white (or yellow-tinged), tubular disk florets (no ray florets) tightly enclosed by several series of brownish-white, papery and woolly bracts. | eastern North America |
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