General:
Annual or biennial herb from a strong taproot; stems simple or branched, loosely white-woolly, 20-90 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal and lower stem leaves oblong or lanceolate, clasping with ear-like lobes at the base, grey woolly-hairy, entire, 1.5-9.5 cm long, 1-10 mm wide; middle and upper stem leaves similar, alternate, becoming lanceolate, less clasping and reduced.

Flowers:
Heads disciform, terminal, grouped into one or more dense clusters; involucres 4-6 mm tall; involucral bracts egg-shaped, straw-coloured or yellow, dry, papery, shiny, 1-3 mm long.

Fruits:
Achenes nerveless, glabrous; pappus bristles distinct, falling separately.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Gnaphalium chilense Spreng.
Gnaphalium chilense var. confertifolium Greene
Gnaphalium stramineum Kunth
Gnaphalium stramineum Kunth