Pseudognaphalium Biolettii, Two-Color Rabbit Tobacco
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Common name:
Two-color rabbit tobacco
Family:
Scientific name:
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Main flower color:
Range:
South and central California
Height:
Up to 30 inches
Habitat:
Chaparral, hillsides, verges, coastal bluffs; up to 2,000 feet
Leaves:
Alternate, lanceolate around the base otherwise oblanceolate. Up to 2 inches long. Light green above, white tomentose hairy below
Season:
April to June
Pseudognaphalium biolettii is found only in California, in coastal areas and nearly mountain ranges, from San Diego to San Francisco. The leaves help distinguish this from similar species; they are strongly bicolored - bright green, with a covering of short glandular hairs on the upper surface, and white underneath, due to dense tomentose hairs. Leaf margins are somewhat wavy, and/or rolled under. Leaves grow at alternate intervals of around half an inch, on the tomentose, non-glandular stems. Leaf bases are clasping. Stems may be glabrous towards the base.
Flowerheads are tightly clustered in a flat-topped array at the tip of the stem; they have four or five rows of shiny, white phyllaries and up to 85 yellow disc florets, the majority of which are pistillate.
Flowerheads are tightly clustered in a flat-topped array at the tip of the stem; they have four or five rows of shiny, white phyllaries and up to 85 yellow disc florets, the majority of which are pistillate.
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