Wild Flower of the White Pine
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Sweet Everlasting [Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium]

Flower      

Common Name: Sweet Everlasting
Scientic Name: Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium
Colors: White
Months Appearing: October

Native, biennial. Also called Rabit tobacco and Fragrant Cudweed.

When crushed smells like maple syrup. Up to 3 feet tall.

Flower is in clusters. About 1/4 inch in diameter. Bud-like. White with central yellow disc flower.

Leaves are narrow, 1-3 inches long 1/3 inches wide. Wooly underneath. No leaf stalk.

Sunny, dry,open field or roadside. White Pine Trail, Big Rapids, Mi.. 9/30, 4011