Gnaphalium polycephalum L.

Common Name : White balsam
Family : Asteraceae

HABIT

AN ANNUAL HERB, 30-60 CM HIGH.

STEMS

ERECT, BRANCHED ABOVE.

LEAVES

ALTERNATE, 7.5 CM LONG. 0.75 CM BROAD, TAPERING AT BASE, SESSILE, MARGINS LITTLE WAVY, SMOOTH ABOVE.

FLOWERS

TUBULAR, WHITE, IN OBOVATE HEADS IN A TERMINAL AND CLOSE PANICLED CORYMB.