feltleaf everlasting

Pseudognaphalium microcephalum

Member of rabbit-tobaccos (genus Pseudognaphalium)
paper daisies (tribe Gnaphalieae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• stem not glandular, tomentose
• leaves crowded or not
• leaf base clasping or not, decurrent 3–10 mm or not
• leaf opposing faces weakly contrasting in color, tomentose, adaxial less densely so, not glandular
• leaf flat
• inflorescence loose, flat-topped to panicle-like cluster
• narrow heads
• phyllaries in 4–6 series
• disk flowers 5–9
• stem 3–5 mm diam near base
• “Characterized by stems commonly stiffly erect and slightly zigzag distally, relatively thick (3–5 mm diam near base), and closely gray-tomentose, leaves oblanceolate, sessile, sometimes clasping, not decurrent, and weakly 2-colored.”
• rare

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora