Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium ssp. molokaiense

`ena`ena

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Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. molokaiense (enaena), a perennial herb in the Asteraceae (sunflower) family, is 10 to 65 cm (4 to 26 in) tall. The woolly erect to prostrate stems are 10 to 30 cm (4 to 12 in) long and olive green to white or gray in color. Leaves are spatulate to narrowly obovate, the lower ones usually 0.7 to 2 cm (0.3 to 0.8 in) wide, with only the tips of the whitish to pale yellow involucral bracts (below the flower) exposed, the remainder densely woolly. Yellow flower heads are 1.5 to 7 mm (0.06 to 0.3 in) in diameter, arranged in terminal, corymbose (flat-topped) or sometimes nearly spherical, leafless, or nearly leafless clusters. Fruit and seeds are not described. Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium var. molokaiense is very densely woolly over the entire plant, and this is a distinguishing feature among the other varieties of this species.

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Pseudognaphalium sandwicensium ssp. molokaiense
Common Name
`ena`ena
FWS Category
Flowering Plants
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