*Omalotheca sylvatica (Linnaeus) Schultz 'Bipontinus' & F.W. Schultz. Subgenus: Gamochaetiopsis. Common name: Woodland Cudweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep (-Oct). Habitat: Dry, wooded hillsides. Distribution: NL west to ON, south to NY, nc. PA, MI, and WI; Eurasia. Sometimes considered as alien in North America. Known in our region from only a single collection (1941), and considered a likely waif in PA (S. Grund, pers.comm., 2023).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO; = Gnaphalium sylvaticum L. — C, F, G. Basionym: Gnaphalium sylvaticum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Omalotheca sylvatica - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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