Similar to no. 5 [Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.]; stem ±glandular-hairy, becoming woolly in the infl, rarely somewhat woolly to near the base, as well as glandular; lvs distinctly decurrent at base, the upper surface ±glandular-hairy, the lower woolly or sometimes glandular-hairy; fls mostly 60-120, 6-20 of them perfect; 2n=28. Open places; Que. to B.C., s. to W.Va., Tenn., and Mex. July- Sept. (G. viscosum, misapplied)
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
FNA 2006, Kearney and Peebles 1969, McDougall 1973
Duration: Annual Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Herbaceous annuals or biennials to perennials, to 80 cm tall, stems stout, branching above, herbage wooly, sweet-smelling. Leaves: Alternate, not crowded, lanceolate to linear, 2-10 cm long, not clasping but decurrent on the stem, bright green and glandular-pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath, the margins entire. Flowers: Heads discoid, relatively large, the outer flowers slender and pistillate, the inner ones coarser and perfect, flowers all fertile, receptacles without leafy bracts, involucres 5-6 mm high, campanulate to sub-globose, phyllaries straw-colored to pale brown at the tips, membranaceous and shiny, in 4-5 series, ovate to oblong with acute tips, scarious throughout, strongly overlapping, the heads numerous in dense glomerules at branch tips. Fruits: Achenes not ridged but are warty. Pappus of capillary bristles. Ecology: Found in dry, open habitats, pastures, open woods or edges, roadsides, and open coniferous forests, from 150-8500 ft (45-2591 m); flowering July-October. Distribution: Canada south to west Virginia, Texas, Arizona, and California. Ethnobotany: Unknown Etymology: Pseudognaphalium is false gnaphalium, the former genus name, while macounii is named for the Irish-Canadian botanist John Macoun (1831-1920). Synonyms: Gnaphalium degurrens, G. macounii, Pseudognaphalium viscosum Editor: LCrumbacher 2011