Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium thermale
Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
- ![Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco: Pseudognaphalium thermale (Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum)](thermale/thermale08-22-2021b.jpg)
Slender cudweed observed in bloom along the Park Meadows Trail #4107 in the 2012 Pole Creek Burn west of Whychus Creek, Three Sisters Wilderness.......August 22, 2021.
![Inflorescence of Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco: Pseudognaphalium thermale (Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum)](../../../mtadams/sun/button/gnaph/canescensinfl.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
heads of slender cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint
about one-half mile south of road #8810..........August 6, 2005.
![Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco: Pseudognaphalium thermale (Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum)](../../../mtadams/sun/button/gnaph/canescens.jpg)
The photo above shows the overall form of slender
cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint about one-half
mile south of road #8810.........August 6, 2005. The inflorescence
of this species is much more open than that of the similar cotton-batting
plant (Gnaphalium chilense).
![Leaves of Slender Cudweed, Northwestern Rabbit-tobacco: Pseudognaphalium thermale (Synonym: Gnaphalium canescens, Gnaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Gnaphalium microcephalum, Gnaphalium microcephalum var. thermale, Gnaphalium thermale, Pseudognaphalium canescens ssp. thermale, Pseudognaphalium microcephalum)](../../../mtadams/sun/button/gnaph/canescenslvs.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the basal
leaves of slender cudweed as seen along forest road #23 at the Mt. Adams viewpoint
about one-half mile south of road #8810.........August 6, 2005.
Paul Slichter