''Gnaphalium polycaulon'', the many stem cudweed, is a plant species in the family

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. It is widespread across much of Mesoamerica, South America, and the West Indies, and naturalized in parts of Asia and Africa.Flora of China, ''Gnaphalium polycaulon'' Persoon, 1807. 多茎鼠麴草 duo jing shu qu cao
/ref> ''Gnaphalium polycaulon'' is a small annual herb up to tall, with several erect to ascending branches. Stems, leaves and

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are covered with a dense coat of woolly hairs, giving the plant a whitish appearance. Leaves are narrowly linear, up to long. Flower heads are born in tight, elongated array. Each head contains numerous florets, mostly yellowish but sometimes with purple tipsFlowers of India, Many-Stemmed Cudweed, बोकी झार, Boki jhar, ''Gnaphalium polycaulon''
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polycaulon Flora of Northern America Flora of Southern America Plants described in 1788 {{Gnaphalieae-stub