Gnaphalium pringlei (Pringle's Cudweed)

Family

ASTERACEAE

Synonyms

GNAPHALIUM PRINGLEI

Common Name

Pringle's Cudweed

Agency Status
USFWS	State of NM	USFS	BLM	Navajo Nation	State Rank	Global Rank	R-E-D Code	NMRPTC Status	Strategy Status
					S3	G3G5		D

Description

Stems glandular-pilose, leaves lanceolate, decurrent, tomentose beneath, strongly glandular above; heads nearly cylindrical, not subtended by leafy bracts, 30-35 flowers per capitula, involucres strongly graduated, bracts scarious and whitish at the tip (1).

Distribution

NM: Open slopes, extreme southwestern, 4,000-8,000 ft.; ARIZ: Mazatal Mountains, and mountains of Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Pima counties, 4,000-8,000 ft, canyons, Southern Arizona and Chihuahua (2).

Important Literature

Kearney & Peebles, 1951.

Martin & Hutchins, 1981.

Information Compiled By

Patricia Barlow-Irick 1998

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