Pseudognaphalium beneolens

Cudweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Cudweed is a California native perennial herb found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada foothills, southern Sierra Nevada, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, southern California, and Peninsular Ranges in dry, open slopes and disturbed sites at elevations up to 850 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces white flowers in loose, panicle-like clusters with dull to shiny involucres 5 to 6 millimeters long. Growing with stems 30 to 110 centimeters tall, it has a distinctively scented, persistently tomentose appearance with grayish foliage. Its narrow leaves are 3 to 6 centimeters long, linear in shape, and decurrent on the stem, with loose gray tomentose surfaces. The plant produces numerous pistillate flowers, typically 44 to 69 in number, with a distinctive scent that characterizes its presence in open habitats.

Habitat: Dry, open slopes and ridges, disturbed sites

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: < 850(1950) m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRO, NCoRI, SNF, s SNH, ScV, SnFrB, SCoRO, SCo, SnGb, PR

California counties: San Diego, Los Angeles, Ventura, Butte, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Riverside, Marin, Alameda, Amador, Del Norte, El Dorado, Lake, Madera, Napa, Orange, Plumas, San Benito, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Tuolumne, Fresno, Kern, Nevada, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Tulare, Alpine, Contra Costa, Solano, Inyo, Sierra, Placer, Humboldt

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.