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- ≡ Gnaphalium filicaule Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 153 (1864)
Prostrate herb, (2)–5–15 cm tall; prostrate stems rooting; erect flowering stems tomentose, c. 0.5–1 mm diam. Lvs spreading, distant, usually glabrous on upper surface, rarely sparsely to moderately tomentose, white- tomentose on lower, apetiolate, elliptic-obovate, or elliptic, mucronate, amplexicaul, (2)–3–7–(12) × (1.5)–2–3.5–(5) mm. Uppermost lvs on flowering branches smaller and more distant. Capitula 3–7 mm diam., solitary, pedunculate. Middle involucral bracts hairy, oblong, obtuse to acute, not radiating, with pale brown and membranous lamina, and stereome green or tinged pink, 4–6 mm long. Disc pale yellow. Achenes minutely papillate, obovoid- cylindric, c. 1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Apr.