Kawhte-Meibu / Jersey Cudweed
Gnaphalium luteoalbum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Bihar, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- January-March
How to identify Kawhte-Meibu
Identify Kawhte-Meibu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Bihar, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kawhte-Meibu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gnaphalium luteoalbum
- Genus
- Gnaphalium
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Drying ditches
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Found in India
- Bihar, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-March
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Leaves are oblanceolate to lanceolate and covered in hairs like that of the edelweiss.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kawhte-Meibu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kawhte-Meibu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Mizo
- Kawhte-meibu
About Kawhte-Meibu
A member of the Asteraceae family, Jersey Cudweed (Gnaphalium luteoalbum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Bihar and Uttarakhand. It grows in drying ditches. Flowering and fruiting run from January to March.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Kawhte-Meibu belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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