| Author | (Kunth) Anderberg | |
| Distribution | Mostly in the Sandhills, Coastal Plain, Outer Banks, and barrier islands; scarce in the Piedmont. Seemingly absent in the northern parts of the state. First collected in 1948 in Onslow and Pamlico counties.
According to FNA, native of the western U.S. south to South America; adventive in VA, NC, SC. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon, except rare in the Piedmont. Local populations can be large to abundant. | |
| Habitat | Xeric to dry to moist sandy soil of fields, roadsides, maritime sandflats and interdunes, marshy swale, moist soil by river, pine-oak woods, burned woods. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting late May-August. | |
| Identification | As its name suggests, this plant is densely covered with cottony or cobwebby white hairs, giving the whole plant a whitish appearance. The terminal inflorescence has several heads in a tight cluster, distinctly straw-color. Other members of this genus or Gamochaeta have bicolored leaves or are much smaller plants or do not have straw-colored heads. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | A synonym is Gnaphalium chilense; also named as G. stramineum by some references.
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| Other Common Name(s) | Chilean Cudweed | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FAC link |
| USACE-emp | FAC link |
