Brown cudweed
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. December 2017.
Scientific name: Gnaphalium uliginosum L.
Common name(s): brown cudweed, marsh cudweed, low cudweed
Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany
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- in flower, late July
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- flowers are yellowish to brown
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- leaves and stems are woolly
Description:
-annual
-leaves are:
- linear oblanceolate
- alternate
- entire
-3-15 cm tall
-covered in white hairs
-branching
Habitat:
-disturbed areas
-meadows
-fields
-wet areas
Natural History:
-native to Europe
-traditional medical use:
- treat high blood pressure
- anstringent
- antiseptic
- decongestant
Sources:
Go Botany. “Gnaphalium Uliginosum L.” Gnaphalium Uliginosum (Brown Cudweed): Go Botany, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/gnaphalium/uliginosum/.
Burke Museum. “Gnaphalium Uliginosum.” Burke Herbarium Image Collection, WTU Herbarium, 2021, biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Gnaphalium+uliginosum.