Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Gnaphalium luteoalbum var. compactum Kirk

Var. compactum Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 298.

Type locality: Lake Lyndon. Type: W, Enys and Kirk.

Tomentum cottony; branches filiform, up to c. 7∙5 cm. long; lvs < 1 cm. long, oblong-spathulate. Capitula solitary or few in terminal clusters.

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The forms of G. luteo-album found in N.Z. still require much study, especially in relation to European forms, which may have naturalized representatives. It seems inadvisable to create new names till such a comparison has been made.

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