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| Euchiton & Argyrotegium (formerly known as
part of Gnaphalium;
Asteraceae) 2:316 |
A. mackayi
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E. involucratus |
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| Most of the
species described in the Students Flora as Gnaphalium are now
included in the genera, Euchiton and Argyrotegium. Tasmania now has
six native
species of Euchiton and five of Argyrotegium. Argyrotegium
differs from Euchiton in not having stolons, and having the
bases of the leaves forming long sheaths around the stems (these are
short in Euchiton). Argyrotegium species are all
woolly hairy alpine or subalpine mat forming herbs. In contrast, Euchiton
species range from alpine mat forming herbs to erect lowland
species in open forests, grasslands or coastal areas. They have
woolly stems, and the leaves are woolly hairy on the undersurface,
but may be green or woolly on the upper surface.
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E. traversii
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