Pseudognaphalium undulatum (L.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Cotonnière ondulée (fr), Faux gnaphale ondulé (fr), Gnaphale ondulé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Pseudognaphalium

Characteristics

A bushy spreading annual herb up to c. 600 mm tall, stems thinly greyish-white woolly, glabrescent, leafy. Leaves up to 80 x 12 mm, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, the upper ones linear-lanceolate, apex very acute to acuminate, base cordate or subcordate in the upper leaves, broad in the main stem leaves and decurrent, the wings often reaching to the node below or sometimes lower, margins entire, somewhat undulate, upper surface glandular, green drying brown, lower white-felted. Heads c. 3 mm long, campanulate, several together in tight clusters, these arranged in a large, wide-spreading corymbose panicle. Involucral bracts in c. 4 series, loosely imbricate, innermost about equalling the flowers, whitish, woolly at the base. Receptacle shortly honeycombed. Flowers c. 36-100, c. 33-90 ('female'), 3-15 ('bisexual'), yellowish. Achenes c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Pappus bristles many, scabrid, bases cohering lightly by patent cilia.
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Spreading, aromatic, grey-woolly, annual herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves alternate, sessile, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, upper ones linear-lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base cordate, main cauline leaves decurrent, wings often reaching the node below, margins entire, upper surface glandular, lower surface white-felted, discolorous. Capitula disciform, several together in dense clusters, these arranged in a large, corymbose panicle; involucral bracts whitish. Outer florets female, filiform, more than disc florets, yellowish. Disc florets tubular, yellowish. Flowering time Aug.-May. Pappus of barbellate bristles. Cypselae oblong, glabrous.
Annual herb, up to 0.6 m high, erect. Leaves alternate, sessile; blade very narrowly ovate to linear, apex acute to acuminate, bases of main stem leaves decurrent, wings often reaching node below, bases of upper leaves cordate; upper surface glandular, green, drying brown, lower surface white-felted, discolorous. Heads disciform, with up to 100 flowers, several in tight clusters, arranged in corymbose panicles. Involucral bracts ± 4-seriate, whitish, woolly at base, stereome divided. Flowers: outer female florets many, filiform; disc florets few; yellowish; Dec.-Apr. Fruit with cypsela ellipsoid, glabrous. Pappus of many barbellate bristles.
Much-branched, aromatic, grey-woolly annual, up to 0.5 m tall. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, apex acute, clasping at base and running down stem, often reaching lower node, discolorous, glabrescent and glandular above, white-woolly below. Flowerheads disciform, in dense corymbs; involucral bracts whitish; disc florets yellowish. Cypselas glabrous; pappus of barbellate bristles.
Much-branched, aromatic, grey-woolly annual to 50 cm. Leaves narrowly lanceolate-acute, clasping at base, broadly decurrent, discolorous, glabrescent and glandular above, white felted beneath. Flower heads disciform, in dense corymbs, whitish.
Annual herb, up to 0.6 m high. Main stem leaves decurrent, wings often reaching the node below. Leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, discolorous. Flowers yellowish.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 4-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified), Fumigant (unspecified), Tinder (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
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Images

Habit

Pseudognaphalium undulatum habit picture by 🐞Hélène🐦 (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum habit picture by Pierre LEON (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum habit picture by randovu (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Pseudognaphalium undulatum leaf picture by Pierre LEON (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum leaf picture by doune34160 (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum leaf picture by 🐞Hélène🐦 (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Pseudognaphalium undulatum flower picture by Emmanuel Cosson (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum flower picture by Emmanuel Cosson (cc-by-sa)
Pseudognaphalium undulatum flower picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pseudognaphalium undulatum world distribution map, present in Angola, Belgium, Botswana, France, Italy, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:909629-1
WFO ID wfo-0000022037
COL ID 4NXG7
BDTFX ID 53737
INPN ID 116202
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Helichrysum montosicola Gnaphalium undulatum Helichrysum decurrens Gnaphalium steudelii Pseudognaphalium undulatum