Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

Western marsh cudweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gnaphalium

Characteristics

Annuals, (1–)3–15(–30) cm; taprooted or fibrous-rooted. Stems commonly with decumbent branches produced from bases, densely or loosely and persistently woolly-tomentose. Leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate-oblong, 1–3.5 cm × 3–8(–10) mm. Bracts subtending heads oblanceolate to obovate, 4–12 × 1.5–4 mm, shorter than or surpassing glomerules. Heads in capitate glomerules (at stem tips and in distalmost axils). Involucres 2.5–4 mm. Phyllaries brownish, bases woolly, the inner narrowly oblong with white (opaque), blunt apices. 2n = 14.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.15
Root system fibrous-root tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Gnaphalium palustre world distribution map, present in Canada, Mexico, and United States of America

Conservation status

Gnaphalium palustre threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:111224-2
WFO ID wfo-0000130352
COL ID 3GKHK
BDTFX ID 30502
INPN ID 100469
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Gnaphalium heteroides Gnaphalium palustre Filaginella palustris Gnaphalium palustre var. nanum Gnaphalium palustre var. palustre