Asteraceae
Cottonbatting plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pseudognaphalium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cottonbatting plant
Synonyms
- Gnaphalium berlandieri DC.
- Gnaphalium chilense Spreng.
- Gnaphalium chilense var. confertifolium Greene
- Gnaphalium gossypinum Nutt.
- Gnaphalium lagopodioides Rydb.
- Gnaphalium luteoalbum var. sprengelii (Hook. & Arn.) D.C.Eaton
- Gnaphalium proximum Greene
- Gnaphalium stramineum Kunth
- Gnaphalium sulphurescens Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Peter D. Tillman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ghazard https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ghazard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ghazard https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ghazard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ghazard https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ghazard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.