Gnaphalium polycaulon explained

Gnaphalium polycaulon, the many stem cudweed, is a plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, and naturalized in parts of Asia and Africa.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Gnaphalium polycaulon is a small annual herb up to 25cm (10inches) 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 4.5cm (01.8inches) long. Flower heads are born in tight, elongated array. Each head contains numerous florets, mostly yellowish but sometimes with purple tips^{[3] [5]}

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 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
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023995 Flora of China, Gnaphalium polycaulon Persoon, 1807. 多茎鼠麴草 duo jing shu qu cao
4. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:657042 Atlas of Living Australia, Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers., Indian Cudweed
5. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Many-Stemmed%20Cudweed.html Flowers of India, Many-Stemmed Cudweed, बोकी झार, Boki jhar, Gnaphalium polycaulon