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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Gnaphalium
| image = Gnaphalium californicum.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Gnaphalium californicum]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = '''''Gnaphalium'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Many, see text.
}}

'''''Gnaphalium''''', commonly called '''Cudweed''', is a [[genus]] of plants belonging to the family [[Asteraceae]]. There are about 120 members of the genus mostly found in [[temperate region]]s although some are found on tropical mountains or in the sub-tropical regions of the world.

Cudweeds are an important foodplant of [[American Painted Lady]] [[caterpillar]]s.

==Species==
:''[[Gnaphalium affine]]'', D. Don.,
:''[[Gnaphalium californicum]]'', California everlasting
:''[[Gnaphalium exilifolium]]'' A. Nels., Slender cudweed
:''[[Gnaphalium hypoleucum]]''
:''[[Gnaphalium indicum]]''
:''[[Gnaphalium japonicum]]''
:''[[Gnaphalium keriense]]''
:''[[Gnaphalium luteoalbum]]'', Jersey Cudweed
:''[[Gnaphalium palustre]]'' Nutt., Western marsh cudweed
:''[[Gnaphalium polycaulon]]'' Pers., Many stem cudweed
:''[[Gnaphalium uliginosum]]'' L., Marsh cudweed

==External link==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GNAPH USDA PLANTS profile on Gnaphalium]

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[[Category:Asteraceae]]

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