Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Literature for Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. hawaiiense
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. kilaueanum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. sandwicensium
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
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      Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium
General Information
DistributionHawaiian Islands.
Habit
Perennial herb 1-6.5 dm tall, moderately to very densely woolly pubescent; stems olive green to white or gray, erect to prostrate, unbranched to many branched.
Leaves
Leaves linear-spatulate to spatulate, 1-6.5 cm long, 1-20 mm wide, uppermost leaves usually reduced, both surfaces densely woolly pubescent, upper surface sometimes less dense or the hairs deciduous with age, sessile and sometimes somewhat clasping the stem.
Flowers
Heads in terminal, corymbose or sometimes nearly globose, leafless or nearly leafless clusters, 1.5-7 mm in diameter; involucral bracts whitish to pale yellow, ± shiny, sometimes obscured by dense woolly hairs; pappus bristles distinct or coherent at base, deciduous individually or in clusters.
Contributor
Nancy Khan