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Gnaphalium polycaulon
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Nr Odzani R. bridge
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Greystone Park Nature Reserve
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| Synonyms: |
Gnaphalium multicaule Willd. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Annual herb, branching from the base, up to 25 cm tall but often flowering when only a few cm tall. All parts more or less densely covered in white cobweb-like wool. Leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, spathulate, 1-7 cm long, mucronate at the apex; margin entire. Inflorescence in a terminal spike with leaf-like bracts. Involucral bracts c. 3-seriate, oblong, c. 2 mm long, pale buff or purple-tinged. Florets small, numerous, whitish. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | polycaulon: with many stems |
| Habitat: | Occurring as a weed in damp places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Asia, Australia, West Indies, Brazil, Egypt, Tropical and South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,E,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 4 July 2009 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Gnaphalium polycaulonAfrican Plant Database: Gnaphalium polycaulon
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Gnaphalium polycaulon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gnaphalium polycaulon
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gnaphalium polycaulon
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gnaphalium polycaulon
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gnaphalium polycaulon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gnaphalium polycaulon
JSTOR Plant Science: Gnaphalium polycaulon
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gnaphalium polycaulon
Tropicos: Gnaphalium polycaulon
West African Plants database: Gnaphalium polycaulon
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