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Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (rabbit-tobacco)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (formerly Gnaphalium obtusifolium) is a member of the Asteraceae family. Annual herb to one meter, stem white-tomentose, involucres 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) long, cream colored or brown, with cream-colored flower heads. Leaves opposite, lance-linear, sessile, tomentose below and olive green above. P. obtusifolium is found on open dry sandy habitat throughout Eastern North America. Common names include old field balsam, rabbit tobacco and sweet everlasting. When crushed, the plant exudes a characteristic maple syrup scent.
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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [1]  The leaves have a pleasant aromatic smell.
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The plant is used as an insect repellent, it is placed in bedmats, books etc; The flower heads are used as a stuffing material for mattresses;
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States

Predators

Chionodes fondella[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0