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Asteraceae

Rosy cudweed

Pseudognaphalium roseum (Kunth) Anderb.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Pseudognaphalium

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Rosy cudweed: From altitude on Volcan Baru, western Panama. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/aster/index.html
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Arabic
برسية وردية
English
Rosy cudweed

Synonyms

  • Gnaphalium nitens Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Gnaphalium oblanceolatum Greenm.
  • Gnaphalium roseum Kunth
  • Gnaphalium roseum var. angustifolium Benth.
  • Gnaphalium roseum var. hololeucum Benth.
  • Gnaphalium roseum var. roseum
  • Gnaphalium roseum var. sordescens Benth.
  • Gnaphalium roseum var. stramineum Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Biennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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.