- ≡ Gnaphalium limosum D.G.Drury, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 133 (1972)
- ≡ Euchiton limosus (D.G.Drury) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton limosus (D.G.Drury) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1-many, decumbent to erect, usually simple, sometimes much-branched, c. 10–50 cm tall. Lvs usually all cauline at flowering, apetiolate, densely white-tomentose on lower surface, glabrous on upper, plane, usually narrow-oblong, oblanceolate or narrow-elliptic, rarely linear, not or slightly cuneate to amplexicaul base, acute, 15–50–(80) × (1)- 2–10 mm. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., (6)–8-numerous in dense ± globular terminal clusters, often smaller axillary clusters below; longest subtending lvs 1–3× diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts elliptic, obtuse to retuse, 3.2–4 mm long; stereome green; lamina pale to dark brown; gap and margins clear or tinged reddish purple. Achenes glabrous, 0.6–0.8 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium limosum D.G.Drury]