WorldFloraDB - Gnaphalium supinum

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Stems 2-8(-12) cm tall. Leaves mostly basal, in persistent rosettes, both surfaces concolorous, gray-green, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 5-25 × ca. 3 mm, cauline similar, thinly lanate, 1-veined. Capitula usually 1-7, in subcapitate to loose, spiciform arrangement. Involucre campanulate, 5-6 mm; phyllaries light green to tan, oblong to lanceolate, outer obtuse, inner mostly acute, margins and tips dark brown. Achenes obovoid, strigose. Pappus bristles distinct, falling separately. Fl. Jun-Sep. 2n = 28.

More

Dwarf, thinly woolly perennial 2–10 cm; basal lvs tufted, linear or linear-oblanceolate, acute, to 2.5 cm × 3 mm; cauline lvs similar, few; heads 1–8 in a terminal, spiciform or subcapitate infl; invol 5–6 mm, scarcely woolly, its bracts light greenish or tan, with dark brown margins and tips, imbricate, the outer obtuse, the inner mostly acute; pappus-bristles separate; achenes sparsely strigose; 2n=28. Alpine places; circumboreal, s. to n. Me. and n. N.H. July–Sept.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

Pollination

Spread

barochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.03 - 0.08

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	14 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°)	15 - 21
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:164994-3
WFO ID	wfo-0000059034
COL ID	3GKSJ
BDTFX ID	30547
INPN ID	100515
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Synonyms

Gnaphalium supinum Gnaphalium supinum f. supinum Gnaphalium supinum var. supinum

WorldFloraDB 2024

Gnaphalium supinum L.

Gnaphale couché (fr), Omalothèque couché (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gnaphalium