Rabbit Tobacco (Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium)






































     Rabbit Tobacco is a perennial, native wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows up to three feet tall. It has branching clusters of white tubular flower heads and narrow elliptical leaves. The leaves are up to three inches long and less than an inch wide. The leaves are arranged in a rosette at the base of the plant, and alternate leaves ascend the stem. The upper surface of the leaf is green with a few hairs, and the underside is covered with wooly hair. It grows on ledges and in cracks in shaded limestone cliff-faces, usually those facing south or east. It can also thrive on roadsides, slopes or waste places. (SF)