- ≡ Gnaphalium laterale C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 26: 485 (1988)
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–3, ascending, simple, 1–7 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs apetiolate and cuneate, usually densely white-tomentose on both surfaces except mid-vein on lower, sometimes less hairy on upper, usually plane, sometimes folded, narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate or ± linear, obtuse and shortly mucronate, 5–35–(70) × 1–6–(7) mm; cauline lvs 2–6, usually much reduced upwards and finally scale-like, sometimes 1–3 leaflike and subtending capitulum. Capitula (1.5)–2–3 mm diam., solitary; scape amongst lvs at flowering, thin and usually exposed above lvs at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4–5.2 mm long; stereome green, usually tinged reddish purple at apex; lamina mid to dark brown, with darker markings toward base; gap and margins usually tinged reddish purple, rarely clear. Achenes with sparse antrorse hairs, 1–1.3 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium laterale C.J.Webb]