Gnaphalium uliginosum
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|image = Moerasdroogbloem plant Gnaphalium uliginosum (1).jpg
|status = {{TNCStatus}}
|status_system = TNC
|genus = Gnaphalium
|species = uliginosum
|authority = L. 1753 not A. Rich. 1848
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-32241 The Plant List, Gnaphalium uliginosum L. ]
|synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true
|title=Synonymy
|Dasyanthus uliginosus (L.) Bubani
|Filaginella malzii Opiz
|Filaginella pilularis (Wahlenb.) Tzvelev
|Filaginella uliginosa (L.) Opiz
|Filago pilularis Link
|Gnaphalium aquaticum Mill.
|Gnaphalium castaneum Gilib.
|Gnaphalium humifusum Paill. ex Nyman
|Gnaphalium laevissimum Schur
|Gnaphalium nudum Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.
|Gnaphalium prostratum Nyman
|Gnaphalium ramosum Lam.
|Gnaphalium sibiricum Kirp. & Kuprian. ex Kirp.
|Gnaphalium tomentosum Hoffm.
|Gnaphalium wirtgenii Nyman
|Gnaphalodes evacinum Sond.
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Gnaphalium uliginosum, the marsh cudweed,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is an annual plant found on damp, disturbed ground and tracks. It is very widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066803 Flora of North America, Gnaphalium uliginosum Linnaeus, 1753. Marsh cudweed ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250066803 Flora of China, Gnaphalium uliginosum Linnaeus, 1753. 湿生鼠麴草 shi sheng shu qu cao ][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=gnaphalium+uliginosum Altervista Flora Italiana, Gnaphalium uliginosum L.] includes photos, drawings, and European distribution map It is very common on damp, arable grasslands, paths, and on acid soils.
Description
It is a very woolly annual, growing 4–20 cm tall.
The leaves are wooly on both sides. They are 1 to 5 cm long, narrow oblong shaped.
The flower heads are 3 to 4 mm long. They are arranged in clusters of 3 to 10, surrounded by long leaves. The flower head bracts are wooly, and pale below, with dark chaffy hairless tips. The florets are brownish yellow. The stigmas are pale.
It flowers from July until September.{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Francis|authorlink=Francis Rose|title=The Wild Flower Key |year=1981 |publisher=Frederick Warne & Co|isbn=0-7232-2419-6 |pages=377–380}}
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Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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