NameThatPlant.net: Pseudognaphalium helleri

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pseudognaphalium helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__ NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Heller's Rabbit Tobacco at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium helleri ssp. helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-002:
Gnaphalium helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Heller's Rabbit Tobacco

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image of Pseudognaphalium helleri, Heller's Rabbit Tobacco

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gnhe_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pseudognaphalium helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium helleri ssp. helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-002:
Gnaphalium helleri FAMILY Asteraceae__

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Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Habitat: Dry woodlands and openings (especially over mafic rocks), longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, often also basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

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