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- ≡ Gnaphalium paludosum Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 441 (1889 [1890])
- ≡ Euchiton paludosus (Petrie) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton paludosus (Petrie) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
- = Gnaphalium minutula Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 472 (1889 [1890]) – as (?) Gnaphalium minutula
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2, ascending, simple, 1–5 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs cuneate to short petiole, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, usually glabrous and folded, sometimes sparsely tomentose and plane on upper, elliptic to linear-elliptic or narrow-oblanceolate, obtuse to subacute, 5–20 × 0.5–2–(4) mm; cauline lvs 1–3, scalelike, scarcely reduced upwards, ovate-triangular, amplexicaul. Capitula c. 1 mm diam., solitary; subtending lvs 0; scape amongst lvs at flowering, filiform and exceeding lvs at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3.8–4.5 mm long; stereome green, tinged reddish purple at apex; lamina pale brown, with darker band at base; gap and margins tinged pale to deep reddish purple. Achenes with short antrorse hairs, c. 1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium paludosum Petrie]