Gnaphalium affine




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Gnaphalium affine D. Don
Synonyms Gnaphalium confusum de Candolle; Gnaphalium luteo-album L. subsp. affine (D. Don) Kostermans; Gnaphalium luteo-album L. var. multiceps (Wallich ex de Candolle) Hooker f.; Gnaphalium multiceps Wallich ex de Candolle; Helichrysum griffithii (griffithsii) Boissier; Laphangium affine (D. Don) Tzvelev; Pseudognaphalium affine (D. Don) Anderberg; Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (L.) O. M. Hilliard & B. L. Burtt subsp. affine (D. Don) O. M. Hilliard & B. L. Burtt
Common name (Japanese common name) haha-ko-gusa [mother and children weed]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indochina, Australia, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afganistan
Chromosomal number 2n=14
Description Plants electing 15-40cm. Leaves 2-6cm length, 4-12mm width. Flowers involucres 3mm, flowering in April to June (and sometimes Septemebr to November). Winter annual plants.
Reference Gnaphalium affine D. Don
Pseudognaphalium affine (D. Don) Anderb.
Benzaldehyde oxime derivatives, production and use thereof (US Patent 5677465/1997)
Herbicidal composition and weeding method (US Patent 5686386/1997)
Note common



October 2006
at road side
October 2007
at road side
October 2007
at rice paddy



October 2007
at road side