Sweet Everlasting

Gnaphalium obtusifolium

Habitat:
   Light: full sun
   Moisture: dry mesic

   Height: 2 -3 ft.
   Flowering Time: summer

Notes: An annual or short-lived perennial; stems and leaves whitish, sweet-smelling; stems topped with branched flower clusters in summer and fall; flowers small, white; host plant for Painted Lady butterflies; as a dried flower, fragrance lasts.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP