Pseudognaphalium macounii (Greene) Kartesz
sticky cudweed
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
sticky cudweed
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Map
Distribution of Pseudognaphalium macounii
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Species Information
General:
Annual or biennial herb from a taproot; stems simple or branched above, conspicuously glandular-hairy becoming woolly-hairy above, 10-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves soon deciduous; stem leaves alternate, entire, lanceolate or oblanceolate or the uppermost linear-oblong, wing-margined at the base, upper surface glandular-hairy, lower surface usually woolly, sometimes glandular-hairy, 2-10cm long, 5-20 mm wide.
Flowers:
Heads disciform, numerous in a flat-topped to rounded, many-headed inflorescence; involucres 5-7 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, yellowish to whitish, abruptly sharp-pointed.
Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, glabrous or with nipplelike projections; pappus bristles distinct, falling separately.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Pseudognaphalium macounii
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
680 | 290 | 892 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
27 | 5 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
225 | 172 | 280 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 2 | 2 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ICH(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry forests in the lowland and montane zones; frequent in S BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains, rare in SW BC; E to PQ and S to TN, CA, and MX.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gnaphalium decurrens Ives, non L.
Gnaphalium macounii Greene
Gnaphalium viscosum H.B.K.
Pseudognaphalium viscosum (Kunth) W.A. Weber