| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Argyrotegium mackayi (Buchanan) J.M.Ward & Breitw. trib. Gnaphalieae |
| Bibliography | New Zealand J. Bot. 41: 609 (2003) |
| Native Range | New Guinea, se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | basal leaves crowded, oblanceolate to spathulate, to 2cm, mucronate, silvery lanate, stem leaves similar, capitula 1-5mm, in clusters of 1-7, involucre at base lanate, pale |
| Size | 3-6cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Euchiton argentifolius (N.A.Wakef.) Anderb. Euchiton mackayi (Buchanan) Anderb. Gnaphalium argentifolium N.A.Wakef. Gnaphalium collinum var. radicans Benth. Gnaphalium japonicum var. radicans Maiden Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne Gnaphalium traversii var. mackayi (Buchanan) Kirk Raoulia mackayi Buchanan |
| Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 43 Papuasia (NWG New Guinea) 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |