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pseudognaphalium lueoalbum

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Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum: Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum  a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. Synonyms for this species include Helichrysum luteoalbum. It is referred to as the Jersey cudweed in the United Kingdom. Up to 70 cm (28 in) in height, this herbaceous biennial stands erect and branches from the base. Similar to edelweiss leaves, these have an oblanceolate to lanceolate colour and are covered with hairs. In the winter, the leaves can withstand freezing. Blossoms might be pink, white, yellow, or cream. A pappus on seeds allows them to float across great distances. Carl Linnaeus originally described this species as Gnaphalium luisteo-album in his 1753 Species plantarum (the orthography was later modified to exclude the hyphen Ludwig Reichenbach moved the species to Helichrysum in 1829, but this name was not adopted. Until 1981, when Olive Mary Hilliard and Brian Laurence Burtt moved it to Pseudognaphalium, the species remained in Gnaphalium.  This spe...