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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Gnaphalium obtusifolium L. var. obtusifolium
cat's-foot, fragrant cudweed, old-field-balsam, old-field cudweed, rabbit-tobacco
Gnaphalium: derived from Greek gnaphalon, "a lock of wool," describing these plants as floccose-wooly
obtusifolium: from Latin obtus meaning "dull or blunt," and folium meaning "leaf;" referring to rounded leaf tips
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 4"-32" tall, fragrant forb; stems with white, woolly hairs |
| Flower: | head white, 1/4" wide, no rays, disks with 75-125 flowers; inflorescence with many heads in branched, often roundish clusters; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | smooth, dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, toothless, mostly stalkless, linear, bases not extending down the stem, whitish below and greenish above |
| Habitat: | prairies, disturbed sites, cliffs; in sandy soil |
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