Gnaphalium polycaulon

Gnaphalium polycaulon, the many stem cudweed,^[4] 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.^[5][6][7][8]

Gnaphalium polycaulon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Gnaphalium
Species:	G. polycaulon
Binomial name
Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers. 1807
Synonyms[2][3]
Gnaphalium multicaule Willd. 1803, illegitimate homonym not Lam. 1788 Gnaphalium policaulon Pers. Gnaphalium floccosum DC. Gnaphalium gracillimum Perr. ex DC. Gnaphalium niliacum Raddi ex Spreng. Gnaphalium schomburgkii Sch.Bip.

Gnaphalium polycaulon is a small annual herb up to 25 cm (9.8 in) 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 4.5 cm (1.8 in) long. Flower heads are born in tight, elongated array. Each head contains numerous florets, mostly yellowish but sometimes with purple tips^[7][9]