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Western marsh cudweed

Gnaphalium palustre

Also called Lowland Cudweed

Western marsh cudweed
Photo: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
W. & C. Canada to N. Mexico

About

Gnaphalium palustre, known by the common name western marsh cudweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

The plant is native to much of western North America, where it is common in many habitats and from valley floor to mountain alpine elevations of Western Canada, the Western United States, and Northwestern Mexico. It is found from British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan south as far as Baja California Sur, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Other Gnaphalium plants

Gnaphalium chimborazense · Slender cudweed · Gnaphalium pilulare · Many stem cudweed · Gnaphalium sepositum · Marsh cudweed · Cudweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnaphalium palustre by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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