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Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.
western marsh cudweed

       
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Line Drawing of Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 455. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

  FIPA3 Filaginella palustris (Nutt.) Holub
 

Distribution:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Gnaphalium
 

Classification:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Gnaphalium L. – cudweed
Species Gnaphalium palustre Nutt. – western marsh cudweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

lowland cudweed
western marsh cudweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC+,OBL NO NO NO OBL OBL NO FACW FACW FAC+ FACW NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Gnaphalium palustre Nutt.

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View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36709.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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