Gnaphalium polycaulon
Persoon
Many-stemmed cudweed
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers
The leaves and flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It grows in tropical and subtropical places. It grows in moist sunny places. In Yunnan.
Africa, Asia, Australia, Botswana, China, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indochina, Japan, Laos, Northeastern India, Pakistan, SE Asia, South Africa, South America, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Thailand, Venezuela, West Indies,
How to Identify
A herb. It can be erect or lie over. It grows each year. It is 15-30 cm tall. It is branched from the base. It is covered with a white woolly covering. The leaves are narrowly oval.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Gnaphalium polycaulon, the many stem cudweed, 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. 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
Names & Synonyms
Chandoa, Gorlalumu, Paaput, Phak kaeb
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