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gnaphalium obtusifolium

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sweet everlasting

A hairy plant with clustered white flowers on top. Long thin silvery leaves. Leaves and flowers used for colds, flu, pneumonia, sore throat, fever, bronchitis, stomach, ulcers, tumors, spasms, coughs, aphrodesiac, heck you name it. When crushed, the plant gives off a maple syrup scent. Commonly smoked like tobacco for respiratory problems.
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In 1954, the forb species, Erigeron canadensis, Haplopappus divaricatus, Heterotheca subaxillaris, and Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.
Corresponding development of plant and phytophagous orthopteran communities during southeastern old-field succession
Beauv.) Fernald, Gnaphalium obtusifolium L., Heteranthera limosa (Sw.) Willd., Juncus brachycparus Engelm., Leersia oryzoides (L.) Sw., Lindernia dubia (L.) Pennell, Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G.C.
Observations of Hall's bulrush (Schoenoplectus hallii) (Cyperaceae) in Mason County Illinois in 2009
Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.: Old-field balsam (rabbit-tobacco); August; field; infrequent; USIH 1023.
An inventory of the herbaceous plants of the twin swamps nature preserve, Posey County, Indiana
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