| Gnaphalium sylvaticum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Gnaphalium |
| Species: | G. sylvaticum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gnaphalium sylvaticum L. |
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Gnaphalium sylvaticum, commonly known as wood cudweed and heath cudweed, is a weedy plant found in the North Temperate Zone. It was first formally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[1]
It is a perennial herb with short runners.
The plant is 8 to 60 cm tall.
The leaves are lanceolate in shape, pointed, 2 to 8 cm long, with a single vein. They have no hair on top, but are whooly hairy below. The upper leaves become progressivley shorter and narrower.
The flower heads are 6mm long. The bracts of the flower heads have a green centre, and chaffy brown edges. The florets are pale brown. The achenes are hairy with reddish pappus hairs.
If flowers from July until September.