Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

Jersey cudweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Jersey cudweed is a naturalized annual found in northern California Coast, Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, central western California, and southwestern California regions in disturbed sites, fields, streambeds, and drying mud areas at elevations below 850 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces white to yellowish flowers with yellow or red-tipped disk florets in dense, long-peduncled clusters. Growing with loosely tomentose stems 10 to 60 centimeters tall, it spreads with linear to narrowly obovate leaves that are grayish and somewhat spoon-shaped. Its leaves range from 1 to 6 centimeters long, with margins generally curled under and distal leaves smaller and clasping the stem. The fruit is characterized by papillate surfaces with pappus bristles that shed in easily fragmented clusters.

Habitat: Disturbed sites, fields, streambeds, drying mud

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: < 850 m

Bioregions: NCo, SNF, GV, CW, SW

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