| Author | (Lamarck) Schultz Bipontinus | |
| Distribution | Recorded from the Piedmont, Sandhills, and Coastal Plain. First collected in 1955 in a new lawn in Richmond County.
Native of southern South America; in N.A. VA to FL, TX, and KS. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon in general, but locally frequent, such as in the Sandhills and southern Piedmont. Rare on the Outer Banks. Appears to be spreading in the Sandhills region, at least. | |
| Habitat | Dry sandy roadsides, gravel driveways, lawn weed, campus weed, cropfields, rocky river bluff (Stanly Co.). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting April-June. | |
| Identification | Trampweed's gestalt suggests some sort of cudweed (Pseudognaphalium), due to the white or silvery, cobwebby hairs on the stems and foliage. The leaves, however, are distinctive: oblanceolate or spatulate and tapering to the base. They are crowded on the stems. The flower heads are similar to cudweeds, but are narrower and taper upward. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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