Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Jersey Cudweed - Laphangium luteoalbum   (L.) Tzvelev
Members of Asteraceae:
Only member of Laphangium in NC.
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Author(L.) Tzvelev
DistributionCollected in 2021 (NCU) by Mark and Myra Basinger in Wilson County, and photographed by Bryan England in Wake County in 2025. The iNaturalist website has at least one photo from NC that seems to confirm this exotic species -- New Hanover County -- if not a few others without an inflorescence visible.

This is a native of Eurasia. There are records for a handful of western U.S. states, plus a few in the eastern states.
AbundanceExtremely rare. All NC records since 2019.
HabitatVarious disturbed areas.
PhenologyFlowers and fruits from April to June.
IdentificationSee the key in Weakley (2024a). Compared with Pseudognaphalium species, this one has definitely yellowish flowers and phyllaries. It also flowers in the spring, as opposed to the fall season.
Taxonomic CommentsNatureServe and some other sites consider this as Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum.

Other Common Name(s)Red-tipped Rabbit-tobacco
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Bryan Englandedges of parking area at Falls Lake, Wake County; June 2025 WakePhoto_non_natural
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