Pseudognaphalium roseum

Rosy cudweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Rosy cudweed is a California native perennial found in the Peninsular Ranges in open, disturbed sites at elevations of 10 to 100 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces white to pink flowers in flat-topped clusters with bell-shaped involucres. Growing with woolly-tomentose stems 50 to 200 centimeters tall that are persistently hairy, it forms dense clusters in disturbed areas. Its lance-oblong to oblanceolate leaves are 3 to 7 centimeters long with wavy margins, crowded near the stem base and somewhat clasping. The plant's distinctive white or woolly covering gives it a soft, fuzzy appearance in its preferred open habitats.

Habitat: Open, disturbed sites

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 10-100 m

Bioregions: PR

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