Gnaphalium stewartii C.B.Clarke ex Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gnaphalium

Characteristics

Herbs. Stems erect, 5-10 cm tall, base tufted and lanate, upper part unbranched. Basal leaves tufted and in rosette, persistent at anthesis, sessile, linear, 10-30 × 1-2 mm, densely white tomentose abaxially, less so adaxially; cauline leaves few, linear, ca. 10 × 1 mm, both surfaces white lanate. Capitula few, 2-3 mm in diam., pedunculate, in racemes. Involucre ca. 6 × 5 mm; phyllaries 2-or 3-seriate, brown or only apex brown; outer ones obovate, 2-3 × ca. 2 mm, abaxially lanate, apex obtuse; inner ones linear-oblong, 5-6 × 1-1.5 mm, abaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous, apex acute. Female florets: corolla filiform, 3-4 mm, apex 3-toothed, glabrous. Bisexual florets few; corolla tubular, ca. 4 mm, limbs 5-toothed, glabrous. Achenes cylindric, 1-2 mm, sparsely pubescent. Pappus white, ca. 4 mm, sericeous, distinct, falling separately. Fl. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.09
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Flower color
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Gnaphalium stewartii world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, India, Pakistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210105-1
WFO ID wfo-0000108364
COL ID 3GKRM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Omalotheca stewartii Gnaphalium stewartii Omalotheca afghanica Gnaphalium afghanicum