Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
(Rabbit-tobacco)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1463
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 1456
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 9855/9869
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Davenport Ranch West, Austin, Travis Co. 0436
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Davenport Ranch West, Austin, Travis Co. 0424
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Davenport Ranch West, Austin, Travis Co. 0408
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Davenport Ranch West, Austin, Travis Co. 0415
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 9873
| Scientific Name | Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PSOB3 |
| Common Name | Rabbit-tobacco, Sweet Everlasting | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 507657 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy or rocky soils in dry, open prairies, pastures, roadsides, open woods, and waste areas. Plant: Erect annual, 1 to 3 feet tall; one to few white-woolly stems, branched above. Leaves: Alternate, sessile, not clasping or decurrent, narrowly linear-lanceolate to elliptic or oblanceolate, 1 to 4 inches long; green and mostly smooth upper surfaces, white-woolly beneath. Inflorescence: Multiple (1 to 5) terminal clusters on branching stems, each with several small 1/4-long bud-like flowers; no petals; many overlapping, papery, whitish to brown phyllaries; many small, yellow to brown disk florets. Bloom Period: September to November. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, SEINet, Minnesota Wildflowers and Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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