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white rabbit-tobacco

Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 20, February 18, March 18, April 23, May 22, June 16, July 14, August 16, September 18, October 18, November 24, December 18.
United States342
California223
Arizona108
Mexico15
Baja California Sur12
Texas10
Sonora2
New Mexico1
Chiapas1
Kenya1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

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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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise white rabbit-tobacco with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.