Gnomophalium pulvinatum (Delile) Greuter

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs, annual, prostrate, densely whitish to grayish lanate tomentose. Stems 5-15 cm, many from base, much branched. Leaves sessile, spatulate or obovate-spatulate, 5-15 × 1.5-4 mm, densely white lanate abaxially, hairy adaxially, 1-veined, base narrowly attenuate, apex mucronate; upper leaves densely crowded. Capitula campanulate, 3-4 mm wide, congested in terminal clusters, surrounded by terminal leaves. Phyllaries 2-or 3-seriate, greenish tinged, narrowly elliptic or linear to lanceolate, apex acute, hyaline at tip. Disk florets 4 or 5, bisexual; female florets numerous. Corolla ca. 1 mm, minutely papillose. Pappus setae white, 6 or 7 in female florets and 3 or 4 in bisexual ones, not united into a ring; apical cell subclavate. Fl. Nov-May.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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Distribution

Gnomophalium pulvinatum world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50426480-2
WFO ID wfo-0000061174
COL ID 3GND6
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Synonyms

Gnaphalium pulverulentum Gnaphalium pulvinatum Gnaphalium prostratum Evax indica Homognaphalium pulvinatum Homognaphalium crispatulum Filago prostrata Gnaphalium depressum Gnaphalium crispatulum Gnaphalium crispatulum Gnomophalium pulvinatum