- ≡ Gnaphalium paludosum var. polylepis D.G.Drury, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 155 (1972)
- ≡ Gnaphalium polylepis (D.G.Drury) C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 147 (1987)
- = Gnaphalium collinum var. monocephalum Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 300 (1899) nom. illeg., non Gnaphalium collinum var. monocephalum Hook.f. 1860
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2, ascending, simple, 1–6 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs cuneate to short petiole, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, usually glabrous or almost glabrous, sometimes sparsely tomentose on upper, usually plane, rarely folded, elliptic to narrow-obovate, obtuse to acute, usually mucronate, 5–15–(30) × (1)–2–4–(5) mm; cauline lvs 1–3–(5), scalelike, scarcely reduced upwards, ovate-triangular, amplexicaul. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., solitary; subtending lvs 0; scape amongst lvs at flowering, filiform and exceeding lvs at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3.2–4–(4.5) mm long; stereome green, often tinged reddish purple at apex; lamina pale to mid brown, with darker markings at base; gap and margins clear or tinged reddish purple. Achenes sparsely papillate, 0.7–1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium polylepis (D.G.Drury) C.J.Webb]