Asteraceae
Rabbit-tobacco
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pseudognaphalium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rabbit-tobacco, Old field balsam, Rabbit tobacco, Sweet everlasting, Fragrant cudweed
Synonyms
- Gnaphalium conoideum Lam.
- Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.
- Gnaphalium obtusifolium var. obtusifolium
- Gnaphalium obtusifolium var. praecox Fernald
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium subsp. obtusifolium
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium subsp. praecox (Fernald) Kartesz
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium subsp. saxicola (Fassett) Kartesz
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium var. obtusifolium
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium var. saxicola (Fassett) Kartesz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.