- ≡ Gnaphalium ensifer D.G.Drury, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 150 (1972)
- ≡ Euchiton ensifer (D.G.Drury) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton ensifer (D.G.Drury) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
- = Gnaphalium collinum var. obscurum Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 300 (1899)
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2–(4), decumbent or ascending, simple, 2–10 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs short-petiolate, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, almost glabrous to sparsely tomentose on upper, plane, narrow-elliptic to ± linear, cuneate, acute, mucronate, 13–50 × 1–3–(5) mm; cauline lvs not or slightly reduced upwards, ± linear, apetiolate. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., (1)–2–9 in somewhat loose terminal clusters; longest subtending lvs < to slightly > diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse to subacute, 4.2–5 mm long; stereome green; lamina pale brown, with darker markings toward base; gap and margins tinged pale to bright rose or reddish purple. Achenes with short antrorse hairs, 0.8–1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium ensifer D.G.Drury]