Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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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.

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.
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.
Taxonomic CommentsNatureServe and some other sites consider this as Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum.

Other Common Name(s)Red-tipped Rabbit-tobacco
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