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Gnaphalium indicum

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Name

Identification
Gnaphalium indicum L. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Amphidoxa gnaphalodes DC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Helichrysum indicum (L.) Grierson [family ASTERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gnaphalium niliacum
  • Conyza procumbens
  • Helichrysum indicum
  • Amphidoxa gnaphalodes
  • Gnaphalium indicum
Common name
  • dìì dóó (C-G) (MALI, DOGON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Gnaphalium indicum Linn. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Gnaphalium indicum Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. Pl. 852 (1753); Chev. Bot. 366.
Gnaphalium niliacum Spreng. [family COMPOSITAE], (1826)-F.T.A3: 344; F.W.T.A., ed .1,2: 161; Berhaut Fl. Sén .205
Gnaphalium spathulatum Lam. [family COMPOSITAE], (1797)-Berhaut Fl. Sén .205.
Information
A small spreading herb with numerous silvery-woolly flower-heads crowded in spike-like clusters; florets pale yellow;on river-sand and in waste places in northern districts.
Habitat
on river-sand and in waste places in northern districts
Range
Widespread in the Old World tropics
Distribution
Sen.: Perrottet! Roger 34! Niokolo-Koba (Jan.) Roberty 16659!Mali: Petal (Feb.) Davey 431! Sangara (Jan.) Chev. 264![Br.] Cam.: Bama, Dikwa Dist. (Jan.) McClintock 165!

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