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Gamochaeta pensylvanica

(Cudweed)

FAMILY

Asteraceae

Species

Gamochaeta pensylvanica,

(syn. Gnaphalium)

Common name(s)

Cudweed

Flower colour; life form

Flowers greenish. Herb to 50 cm tall, woolly

Distinguishing features

Plants with leaves initially forming a basal rosette, cauline leaves alternate, oblanceolate, lower surface of leaf-covered with white hairs. Flower heads in terminal spikes woolly, greenish.

Gamochaeta pensylvanica