- ≡ Gnaphalium delicatum D.G.Drury, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 148 (1972)
- ≡ Euchiton delicatus (D.G.Drury) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton delicatus (D.G.Drury) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2–(5), decumbent or ascending, simple, 2–10–(15) cm tall. Lvs basal and cauline or mostly basal; basal lvs usually long-petiolate, plane, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, almost glabrous to moderately tomentose on upper, elliptic-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, cuneate, acute, sometimes mucronate, 10–30–(45) × 2–4 mm; cauline lvs not or slightly reduced upwards, becoming lanceolate, oblong or ± linear and apetiolate. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., (1)–2–5–(8) in dense terminal clusters; longest subtending lvs = or < diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong or oblong, obtuse, (3)–3.5–4 mm long; stereome usually green, sometimes tinged reddish purple toward apex; lamina pale brown, with darker markings toward base; gap and margins tinged pale to bright reddish purple. Achenes minutely papillate, 0.7–0.8 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium delicatum D.G.Drury]