What is "gnaphalium"

Gnaphalium \Gna*pha"li*um\, n. [Nl., from Gr. ? wool of the teasel.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting.

n. Any of the genus ''Gnaphalium'' of flowering plants, the cudweeds.

Gnaphalium is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, commonly called cudweeds. They are widespread and common in temperate regions, although some are found on tropical mountains or in the subtropical regions of the world.

Cudweeds are important foodplants for American painted lady caterpillars.