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Gnaphalium pilulare

Gnaphalium pilulare
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0

Gnaphalium pilulare is a small, low-growing wild herb in the daisy family, native to cool subarctic and subalpine areas from northern Europe to northern Japan. It is a hardy wild plant rather than a garden plant, and is best left to grow in open, cool, moist habitats.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, without waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, mineral or sandy soil.
Temperature
Cold-hardy; suited to cool subarctic and subalpine climates, and tolerant of hard winters.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Europe to Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu)
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Gnaphalium pilulare is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Asteraceae.

Its native range is from Northern Europe to Japan.

Other Gnaphalium plants

Gnaphalium chimborazense · Slender cudweed · Western marsh cudweed · Many stem cudweed · Gnaphalium sepositum · Marsh cudweed · Cudweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gnaphalium pilulare by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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