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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 eight native species of Euchiton
and four native and one introduced species (A. frutescens)
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 all have woolly stems, and the leaves are woolly hairy
on the undersurface, but may be green or woolly on the upper
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E. traversii
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University of Tasmania