Omalotheca sylvatica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Omalotheca |
Species: | O. sylvatica
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Binomial name | |
Omalotheca sylvatica (
L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip.
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Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Omalotheca sylvatica, synonyms including Gnaphalium sylvaticum, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] It is commonly known as heath cudweed, [2] wood cudweed, golden motherwort, chafeweed, owl's crown, [3] and woodland arctic cudweed. [4] It is widespread across the temperate Northern Hemisphere, throughout North America and Eurasia. [5] The species was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Gnaphalium sylvaticum. [6]
It is a perennial herb with short runners, growing to 8 to 60 cm tall. Its leaves are lanceolate in shape, pointed, 2 to 8 cm long, with a single vein. They have no hair on top, but are woolly hairy below. The upper leaves become progressively shorter and narrower. The flower heads are 6 mm long. The bracts of the flower heads have a green centre, and chaffy brown edges. The florets are pale brown. The achenes are hairy with reddish pappus hairs. It flowers from July until September. [7]
Omalotheca sylvatica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Omalotheca |
Species: | O. sylvatica
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Binomial name | |
Omalotheca sylvatica (
L.) F.W.Schultz & Sch.Bip.
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Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Omalotheca sylvatica, synonyms including Gnaphalium sylvaticum, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. [1] It is commonly known as heath cudweed, [2] wood cudweed, golden motherwort, chafeweed, owl's crown, [3] and woodland arctic cudweed. [4] It is widespread across the temperate Northern Hemisphere, throughout North America and Eurasia. [5] The species was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Gnaphalium sylvaticum. [6]
It is a perennial herb with short runners, growing to 8 to 60 cm tall. Its leaves are lanceolate in shape, pointed, 2 to 8 cm long, with a single vein. They have no hair on top, but are woolly hairy below. The upper leaves become progressively shorter and narrower. The flower heads are 6 mm long. The bracts of the flower heads have a green centre, and chaffy brown edges. The florets are pale brown. The achenes are hairy with reddish pappus hairs. It flowers from July until September. [7]