Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gnaphalium uliginosum L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balsam weed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cudweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gnaphalium uliginosum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
herba gnaphalii uliginosi	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
low cudweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
marsh cudweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mouse ear	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
mouse-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sumpf-ruhrkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sumpnoppa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
湿鼠曲草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gnaphalium baicalense Kirp. & Kuprian. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 300 (1960).
Gnaphalium tranzschelii Kirp. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 19: 352 (1959).
Dasyanthus uliginosus (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 199 (1899).
Filaginella baicalensis (Kirp. & Kuprian.) Czerep. Vasc. Pl. Russia & Adj. States: 59 (1995).
Filaginella kasachstanica (Kirp. & Kuprian.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 27: 151 (1990).
Filaginella lasiocarpa (Ledeb.) Opiz Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 8: 52 (1854).
Filaginella malzii Opiz Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 8: 57 (1854).
Filaginella mandshurica (Kirp. & Kuprian.) Czerep. Vasc. Pl. Russia & Adj. States: 59 (1995).
Filaginella nuda Opiz Seznam: 44 (1852).
Filaginella tranzschelii (Kirp.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 11: 83 (1976).
Filaginella uliginosa (L.) Opiz Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 8: 52 (1854).
Filaginella uliginosa subsp. kasachstanica (Kirp. & Kuprian.) Holub Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 71: 271 (1976).
Filago pilularis Link Handbuch 1: 720 (1829), not validly publ.
Filago uliginosa (L.) Link Handbuch 1: 720 (1829).
Gnaphalium aquaticum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Gnaphalium castaneum Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 179 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Gnaphalium humifusum Paill. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 382 (1879), not validly publ.
Gnaphalium kasachstanicum Kirp. & Kuprian. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 305 (1960).
Gnaphalium laevissimum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 319 (1866).
Gnaphalium mandshuricum Kirp. & Kuprian. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 298 (1960).
Gnaphalium nudum Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1217 (1792).
Gnaphalium prostratum A.Huet ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 382 (1879), not validly publ.
Gnaphalium ramosum Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 65 (1779), nom. superfl.
Gnaphalium ruricola H.S.Pak Fl. Coreana 7: 380 (1999).
Gnaphalium thomsonii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 290 (1881).
Gnaphalium tomentosum Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1217 (1792).
Gnaphalium uliginosum f. condensatum Domin Preslia 11: 28 (1932).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. glabrum Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 2: 516 (1826).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. laeve Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 214 (1894).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. lasiocarpum Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 609 (1845).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. muricatum Cariot Étude Fl., éd. 7, 2: 410 (1884).
Gnaphalium uliginosum subsp. nudum (Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 382 (1879).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. nudum (Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.) Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 223 (1832).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. nudum (Hoffm. ex J.F.Gmel.) Lej. Fl. Spa 2: 158 (1813).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. pilulare W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 400 (1843).
Gnaphalium uliginosum var. tomentosum Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 1176 (1893).
Gnaphalium wirtgenii Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 382 (1879), not validly publ.
Gnaphalodes evacinum Sond. Linnaea 25: 520 (1852).
Helichrysum uliginosum Moench Methodus: 576 (1794).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gnaphalium baicdlense Kirp.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gnaphalium tranzschelii Kirp.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gnaphalium ulginosum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gnaphalium uliginosum	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Gnaphalium uliginosum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gnaphalium uliginosum auct. non L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gnaphallum ulignosum	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004)

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