Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Two-color rabbit-tobacco
Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native
Two-color rabbit-tobacco is a California native perennial found in the central Coast Ranges, central Sierra Nevada foothills, Channel Islands, San Jacinto Mountains, and coastal areas in rocky slopes, dunes, coastal scrub, chaparral, and oak woodland at elevations of 5 to 600 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white to pinkish flowers in heads with multiple series of shiny, sometimes wrinkled phyllaries. Growing with erect stems 20 to 120 centimeters tall that become somewhat woody near the base and are persistently wooly, especially near flower heads. Its leaves are 4 to 10 millimeters wide, oblong to lance-shaped, with a bright green upper surface and white-woolly undersides, often with wavy margins that slightly curl under. The plant is sharply scented, with stems that are densely covered in glandular hairs and leaves that are clasping at the base.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, roadsides, dunes, coastal scrub, chaparral, oak woodland
Bloom period: Apr-Jun
Elevation: 5-600(1200) m
Bioregions: c&s SNF, CCo, SCoR, ChI, SnJt
California counties: San Diego, Ventura, Los Angeles, Del Norte, Imperial, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Tulare, Kern, Madera, Fresno, Marin, Stanislaus, Napa
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.