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cottonbatting plant

Pseudognaphalium stramineum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 206, February 178, March 186, April 342, May 307, June 197, July 141, August 143, September 182, October 186, November 239, December 184.
United States3,684
California2,263
Washington743
Oregon275
Canada180
British Columbia176
Arizona103
Colorado100
Texas93
Nevada91

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusrabbit-tobaccos · Pseudognaphalium

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Practise cottonbatting plant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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