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- ≡ Gnaphalium dealbatum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 149 (1800)
- = Gnaphalium candidissimum Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 2, 754 (1788) nom. illeg.
- = Gnaphalium maculatum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 149 (1800)
- = Gnaphalium micranthum Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 149 (1800)
- = Gnaphalium carroënse Schrank (1824)
Annual herb; stems densely white-tomentose, 1-many, ascending to erect, 10–50 cm tall. Lvs all cauline at flowering, apetiolate, densely white- tomentose on both surfaces but somewhat denser on lower, narrow-oblanceolate, cuneate, acute and mucronate, flat, 20–45–(60) × 3–6 mm; uppermost lvs smaller and sometimes elliptic-oblong. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., many to numerous in dense, mostly terminal, corymbose clusters; subtending lvs not exceeding clusters at least at fruiting. Middle involucral bracts tomentose outside, 2–2.5 mm long, star-like at fruiting; stereome narrow-oblong, green with upper margin usually purple; lamina ovate, obtuse, milky white, radiating; outer bracts shorter, with lamina reduced or O; inner bracts slightly longer, less hairy. Disc tinged yellow or purple. Achenes ellipsoid-cylindric, minutely papillate, c. 0.4 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Oct.–Apr.