- ≡ Gnaphalium involucratum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 55 (1786)
- ≡ Euchiton involucratus (G.Forst.) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton involucratus (G.Forst.) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
- = Gnaphalium cephaloideum Willd., Enum. Pl. [Willdenow] 868 (1809)
- = Gnaphalium globosum Hornem. (1815)
- = Euchiton pulchellus Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat. 56: 215 (1828)
- = Gnaphalium cunninghamii DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 235 (1838) – as Gnaphalium Cunninghamii
- = Gnaphalium involucratum var. α simplex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 236 (1838)
- = Gnaphalium lineare Hayata (1908)
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1-few, ascending to erect, simple or sparingly branched, 20–70 cm tall. Lvs either basal and cauline at flowering, or basal lvs withered or 0; cauline lvs apetiolate, densely white-tomentose on lower surface, glabrous on upper, plane or somewhat keeled, lanceolate, narrow-oblanceolate to linear, cuneate or not narrowed to base and amplexicaul, acute, 30–200 × (1)–4–12 mm; basal lvs cuneate; uppermost lvs linear-lanceolate. Capitula c. 1.5–3 mm diam., few to numerous in dense ± globular terminal clusters, often smaller axillary clusters below; longest subtending lvs 1–4× diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts ovate- to elliptic-oblong, acutely narrowed or rounded to blunt apex, 4–4.5 mm long; stereome green; lamina pale brown; gap and margins clear, partly tinged reddish purple. Achenes minutely papillate, c. 0.6 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium involucratum G.Forst.]