Gnaphalium polycaulon

Gnaphalium polycaulon, the many stem cudweed,[3] is a plant species in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, and naturalized in parts of Asia and Africa.[4][5][6][7]

Gnaphalium polycaulon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
Genus:
Gnaphalium
Species:
G. polycaulon
Binomial name
Gnaphalium polycaulon
Pers. 1807
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Gnaphalium multicaule Willd. 1803, illegitimate homonym not Lam. 1788
  • Gnaphalium policaulon Pers.
  • Gnaphalium floccosum DC.
  • Gnaphalium gracillimum Perr. ex DC.
  • Gnaphalium niliacum Raddi ex Spreng.
  • Gnaphalium schomburgkii Sch.Bip.

Gnaphalium polycaulon is a small annual herb up to 25 cm (9.8 in) tall, with several erect to ascending branches. Stems, leaves and phyllaries are covered with a dense coat of woolly hairs, giving the plant a whitish appearance. Leaves are narrowly linear, up to 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long. Flower heads are born in tight, elongated array. Each head contains numerous florets, mostly yellowish but sometimes with purple tips[6][8]

References
  1. Tropicos, Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
  2. The Plant List, Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
  3. "Gnaphalium polycaulon". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744.
  5. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium
  6. Flora of China, Gnaphalium polycaulon Persoon, 1807. 多茎鼠麴草 duo jing shu qu cao
  7. Atlas of Living Australia, Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers., Indian Cudweed
  8. Flowers of India, Many-Stemmed Cudweed, बोकी झार, Boki jhar, Gnaphalium polycaulon description + photos


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