Gnaphalium  obtusifolium L.

 Fragrant cudweed - Sweet Everlasting

Names and Myths

Gnaphalium lock of wool

obtusifolium  with obtuse leaves

Natural history / Folklore

Found throughout the United States and into Canada. Used for “pulmonary and intestinal catarrh, for diarrhoea, and as a fomentation for bruises.”35

Description

Erect wooly annual

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