Jersey Cudweed - Laphangium luteoalbum
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Species Description
Formerly confined to a few sand dunes in southern England and occurred as a rare casual elsewhere but it has spread rapidly across the country in recent years. Most concentrated in the London area. It is one of the most widely distributed plants in the world; present on every continent except Antarctica. Habitat includes: sand dunes, wasteland, railway sidings, pavements, tracks, tips etc.
Stace 4:
Laphangium luteoalbum (L.) Tzvelev (Gnaphalium luteoalbum L., Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (L.) Hilliard & B.L. Burtt) - Jersey Cudweed.
Stems erect, to 50cm; leaves woolly on both surfaces, not decurrent down stem; phyllaries scarious, straw-coloured; 2n=14. Possibly native; sandy fields, waste places and sand-dunes; local in Channel Islands, East Kent and West Norfolk, increasingly introduced elsewhere in British Isles.
Useful Links:
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
Kew (as Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum)
GBIF (as Helichrysum luteoalbum)
NBN (as Gnaphalium luteoalbum)