Gnaphalium purpureum var. ustulatum (Nutt.) B.Boivin
Stems usually clothed in dense white or pinkish tomentum. Basal lvs usually obtuse. Cauline lvs usually flat, sometimes undulate; uppermost lvs usually plane, sometimes folded. Inner involucral bracts apiculate at apex, usually not coloured in bud.
N.: N. and S. Auckland, Opotiki District, inland Hawke's Bay, uncommon; S.: one early collection from Ashburton.
Western N. America 1970
Roadsides, waste places, scrub, plantations, lakesides.
