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Fuzzy Flowers - Miscellaneous

           

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Rabbit-tobacco (Fragrant Cudweed, Fragrant Everlasting) Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Gnaphalium obtusifolium)
Loose clusters of fuzzy aromatic white flowers. Each "flower" is composed mostly of white phyllaries (leafy structures below a daisy). The actual flowers are tiny and yellow. There are no ray flowers or ray petals. Crushed leaves smell sweet. Lanceolate leaves have white hairs on the underside. Multiple stems from near base are covered in white hairs. Blooms September to October. Grows to about 2" tall. Plant was used as an insect repellent in matrices and for books.
Photos taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006
(Native of Texas, east & central - Van Zandt)

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Cottonbatting Plant Pseudognaphalium stramineum (Gnaphalium stramineum)
Terminal clump of flowers with yellow domes, white/yellow bases open to look like white ray petals. Thick narrow leaves that turn white, held close to main stem or horizontal, often folded at edges. Thick erect plant, branching from taproot, some flower clusters from leaf nodes.
(Native of Texas - Brown, Coke)

           

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Dogfennel (Cypressweed) Eupatorium capillifolium
White flowers in loose clusters at top of stalk. No ray petals. Single stalk grows to about 5 feet tall.
Photos taken in Van Zandt County, Texas, November 2006
(Native of east Texas - not listed in Van Zandt)
See similar Willow Baccharis

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Yankee Weed Eupatorium compositifoliuma
Wider leaves
(Native of east Texas - Van Zandt)