Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fragrant Rabbit Tobacco at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-001:
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Rabbit Tobacco, Sweet Everlasting, Catfoot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gnob_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm190504_8100
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s000619_c
June Greenville County SC
Leaves almost hairless above, densely matted white hairy beneath, sessile, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm190806_0603
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190806_0605
August Greenville County SC
Leaves are narrowed at the base and do not clasp the stem, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm120908_461
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120908_465
September Greenville County SC
Flowers whitish to pale yellow, bracts white woolly hairy, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0410n_21
October Oconee County SC
Dried leaves remain during winter, twisted to reveal whitish undersides, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm061001_030
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm061028_016
October Pickens County SC
Nutlets are released with and without plumes, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7768
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_g_obtusifolium_4
October
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JK Marlow jkm0311a_22
November Pickens County SC
Roadside
Emits fragrance of pepper or tobacco when rubbed or crushed, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium ssp. praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-001:
Gnaphalium obtusifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
617
Forb
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Habitat: Prairies, openings, woodlands, coastal dunes, sandy pinelands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p405
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p402
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p179
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p215
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p117
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p194
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p261
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p298
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p347
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p180