Gnaphalium luteo-album, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 128

1. G. luteo-album L. , Sp. Pl. 851 (1753).

Stem 8-40(-50) cm, erect or ascending, simple or branched. Cauline leaves (l-)2-5(-7) cm, oblong to linear, not decurrent, white-tomentose on both surfaces, the lower obtuse. Corymb small, dense. Capitula sessile, ovoid, in semiglobose clusters of 4-12. Involucral bracts yellowish, glabrous, obtuse, the outer broadly ovate, the inner oblong. Florets c. 3 mm, yellowish, reddish above, the hermaphrodite 4-7(-10). Achenes 0-5 mm, tuberculate, glabrous or hairy; pappus 2-2-5 mm. 2л =14. Damp, usually sandy places. Europe, northwards to S. England, S. Sweden and Latvia. Au Az Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Cz Da Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, E) Sa Si Su Tu.