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Abbotts Lagoon Trail
Alice Eastwood Road (CNPS)
Almaden Quicksilver CP (NRDB.org)
Alpine Dam to Kent Lake Pump Road
Alum Rock RP (NRDB.org)
Andrew Molera SP (NRDB.org)
Angel Island
Ano Nuevo SNR (NRDB.org)
Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Anza Borrego - Culp Valley
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Ardenwood Regional Preserve
Arroyo Hondo Canyon
Azalea Hill and Southern Carson Ridge
Baldy Mountain
Baltimore Canyon
Bayview Hill
Bear Creek Redwoods OSP (NRDB.org)
Benicia SRA (NRDB.org)
Bidwell Park in Chico
Big Break Regional Shoreline
Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space
Black Butte
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Blithedale Summit
Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve (NRDB.org)
Briones Regional Park
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Brotherhood Way
Brushy Peak Regional Preserve
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch (NRDB.org)
Cabrillo National Monument
Calero CP (NRDB.org)
Calf Canyon
Camino Alto
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline
Carson Falls Trail
Cascade Canyon
Castle Rock SP (NRDB.org)
Chimney Rock
China Camp State Park (CNPS)
Chino Hills State Park
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Coal Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Coal Mine Ridge OS (NRDB.org)
Cold Canyon
Contra Loma Regional Park
Coon Creek
Cowell Ranch Beach (NRDB.org)
Coyote Hills Regional Park
Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch CP (NRDB.org)
Coyote Valley OSP (NRDB.org)
Crissy Field
Cuyamaca Rancho State Park
Deer Island
Deer Park
Del Valle Regional Park
Devil's Gulch
Devil's Slide Trail (NRDB.org)
Diablo Foothills Regional Park
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Easter Bowl (NRDB.org)
El Corte de Madera Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
El Sereno
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarnine Research Reserve
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (NRDB.org)
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Foothills Open Space Preserve
Foothills Park
Fort Ord BLM (NRDB.org)
Fort Ross SHP (NRDB.org)
Fremont Older
Fremont Peak SP (NRDB.org)
French Ranch Open Space Preserve
Frog Pond Wetland Preserve (NRDB.org)
Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Garland Ranch
Garrapata SP (NRDB.org)
Gary Giacomini Preserve
Glen Canyon
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (NPS)
Gristmist Watt Larchmont Plant List
Half Moon Bay SB (NRDB.org)
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Henry Coe State Park
Hidden Villa
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
Hood Mountain RP & OSP (NRDB.org)
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Huddart CP (NRDB.org)
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
Idyllwild Park
Indian Tree
Jacks Peak CP (NRDB.org)
Jasper Ridge
Jenner Headlands
Jepson and Johnstone Trail
Joseph D. Grant CP (NRDB.org)
Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area
King Mountain
Knoxville Wildlife Area (NRDB.org)
La Honda Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
La Purisima Mission State Historical Park
Lake Lagunitas
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Leo Carrillo SP
Leo Cronin Fish Viewing Area
Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
Limantour Estero
Limekiln SP (NRDB.org)
Little Mountain
Loma Alta
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Lucas Valley
Malibu Creek State Park
Manzanita CP (NRDB.org)
Marin County Complete List (CNPS)
Marin Municipal Water District
Marshall Beach Road Native Plants
Martinez Regional Shoreline
McGrath SB
McLaughlin Reserve (NRDB.org)
Milagra Ridge (NRDB.org)
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Millerton Point
Miramontes Ridge
Mission Peak Regional Preserve
Mission Trails Regional Park
Mitteldorf Preserve (NRDB.org)
Montana de Oro State Park
Montara State Beach and McNee Ranch (NRDB.org)
Monte Bello OSP (NRDB.org)
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
Mori Point (NRDB.org)
Morro Bay
Mount Diablo SP (NRDB.org)
Mount Madonna CP (NRDB.org)
Mount Tamalpais SP (NRDB.org)
Mt. Wilson Toll Road
Muir Woods
New Brighton
O'Shaugnessy Hollow
Ohlone Regional Wilderness
Old Saint Hilary's
Palm Springs Indian Canyons
PCT - Cedar Spring to SR74
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
Pedro Point Headlands (NRDB.org)
Peninsula Watershed (NRDB.org)
Pescadero Creek Park (NRDB.org)
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP (NRDB.org)
Picchetti Ranch OSP (NRDB.org)
Pillar Point Bluff (NRDB.org)
Pinnacles National Park
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
Point Lobos SNR (NRDB.org)
Point Mugu State Park
Point Reyes
Pomponio SB (NRDB.org)
Portola Valley Ranch Approved Plants
Presidio (NRDB.org)
Pulgas Ridge
Purisima Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area
Rancho Canada del Oro OSP (NRDB.org)
Rancho Corral de Tierra (NRDB.org)
Redwood Regional Park
Ring Mountain
Rodeo Lagoon
Round Valley Regional Preserve
Roy's Redwoods
Russian Ridge
Salt Point SP (NRDB.org)
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
San Bruno Mountain
San Elijo Lagoon
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San Jacinto Mtns - Lake Hemet
San Jacinto Mtns - May Valley Road
San Jacinto Mtns - Quinn Flat
San Jacinto Mtns - The Hub
San Jacinto Mtns - Upper Elevations
San Jacinto Mtns – California Riding and Hiking Trail North of Black Mountain Road
San Pedro Mountain
San Pedro Valley CP (NRDB.org)
San Simeon State Park
Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park
Saratoga Gap
Sausal Creek Native Plants
SDSU Adobe Falls
SFB Morse OS (NRDB.org)
Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Sharp Park
Shiloh Regional Park
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Sierra Azul OSP (NRDB.org)
Sierra Vista OSP
Skyline Ridge OSP (NRDB.org)
Skyline Trail
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve
Soulejule Reservoir
St. Joseph's Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Steep Ravine Trail West
Stevens Creek CP (NRDB.org)
Stulsaft Park (NRDB.org)
Sugarloaf Ridge SP (NRDB.org)
Sunol Regional Wilderness
Sutter Buttes State Park
Sweeney Ridge (NRDB.org)
Sycamore Valley Open Space Preserve
Temescal Regional Recreation Area
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow
The Forest of Nisene Marks SP (NRDB.org)
Thornewood OSP (NRDB.org)
Tilden Regional Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Topanga State Park
Toro CP (NRDB.org)
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
Tunitas Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Twin Peaks
Uvas Canyon CP (NRDB.org)
Vargas Plateau Regional Park
Vasco Caves Regional Preserve
Water Dog Lake - Hidden Canyon
Waterbird Regional Preserve
White's Hill
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
Windy Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Wunderlich CP (NRDB.org)
Yerba Buena Island
Yosemite National Park
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California Cudweed (Pseudognaphalium californicum)
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Flower
Yellow
White
Petals Not Obvious
Alternate
Typical Height
Annual
Perennial
Native
Description
Height 1 - 4 ft.
EW Bloom May - Aug
Flower heads are tiny (about 1/4" across).
Alternate
leaves are gray-green, woolly and aromatic.
Found on dry slopes and coastal
chaparral
.
CA native.
Endemic
to the
California Floristic Province
.
AKA California Everlasting, Ladies' Tobacco
Aster Family (Asteraceae)
Each tiny pineapple-shaped flower head is wrapped in white papery
phyllaries
and contains over 100 minute yellow flowers.
Leaves are narrow and pointed, growing to 4 inches long. They're smaller higher on the stem.
Branching stems grow erect, each topped with whitish flower heads.
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California Everlasting (AKA California Cudweed) is quite aromatic - smelling like maple syrup or, according to some, like cumin. It is in the "ever ...
Stems are stout and branching, with several flower heads at the top of each branch. They have glandular hairs, and are sticky. One or more stems ...
Leaves are quite narrow and long - up to 4 inches near the bottom of the stem and shorter farther up. Edges are smooth but often wavy or curled und ...
Leaves either wrap around the stem or start to, as shown here. Branches form in the [[leaf axils]] and end in flower heads. Leaves don't come to ...
Each flower-head is about 1/4" across and contains over 100 minute yellow flowers. The flower-head is surrounded by many rows of whitish papery [ ...