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Gnaphalium   Listen
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Gnaphalium  n.  (Bot.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.






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"Gnaphalium" Quotes from Famous Books



... more common I have repeatedly alluded to, and excepting some small terrestrial Orchids, I added nothing of particular interest to my collection.* [The following is a list of the principal genera, most of which are English:—Polygonum, Quercus, Sonchus, Gnaphalium, Cratagus, Lobelia, Lactuca, Hydrocotyle, Saponaria, Campanula, Bidens, Rubus, Oxalis, Artemisia, Fragaria, Clematis, Dioscorea, ...
— Himalayan Journals (Complete) • J. D. Hooker

... clothed with the same grasses as in Assam. Imperata cylindrica, Anthistiria arundinacea, Megala in low places with Alpinea Allughas, in those lately under cultivation, the Campanula of the B. pooter occurs, together with Hypericum, Gnaphalium, Poa and Carex. ...
— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith

... Gnaphalium (Edelweiss).—Hardy everlasting flowers, which are covered with a woolly substance. They may be grown in any light, rich soil. The shrubby and herbaceous kinds may be increased by cuttings or division. The annuals are easily raised from seed. ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink



Words linked to "Gnaphalium" :   Gnaphalium sylvaticum, cudweed, family Compositae, asterid dicot genus, Compositae, genus Gnaphalium



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