Pseudognaphalium: Pseudognaphalium: literally false Gnaphalium, this is the new genus name for several species of Gnaphalium, and refers to a superficial resemblance to genus Gnaphalium.
Gnaphalium: derived from the Greek gnaphalon, "a lock of wool," describing these plants as floccose-woolly.
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