Names of Plants in India: Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.

naf-FAY-lee-um -- Greek: gnaphalion, plant whose soft white leaves used as cushion stuffing ... Dave's Botanary
pol-lee-KAW-lon -- Greek: poly (many), caulos (stem)... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: Indian cudweed, many-stemmed cudweed, western cudweed • Adi: paaput • Assamese: কপাহ গুটিয়া বন kapah gutia bon • Bengali: ধলি পুঁই dhali pui • Gujarati: ફુલવો phulvo • Hindi: खरसिया kharsiya • Kachchhi: અછી ફુલેડી achi phuledi • Kannada: ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hakki balli • Nepali: बोकी झार bokee jhaar, बोके फूल boke phool • Odia: ବହୁସ୍ମୃତିକା bahusmrutika • Santali: ᱛᱚᱜᱚᱛ ᱟᱨᱟᱜ togot arak • Tamil: இருப்பவல் iruppaval, சாம்பப்பச்சை saambapachchai • Telugu: గొర్లలుము gorlalumu, నూగు పత్రి noogu pathri

botanical names: Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers. ... heterotypic synonyms: Gnaphalium gracillimum Perr. ex DC. • Gnaphalium multicaule Willd. • Gnaphalium strictum Roxb. ... and more at POWO

NOTES:

Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. is synonym of Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers. ... Botanical Survey of India
Gnaphalium indicum L. is synonym of Helichrysum indicum (L.) Grierson ... POWO | GBIF
Global distribution of Gnaphalium indicum L. is confusing; POWO shows no distribution in the Indian subcontinent, while GBIF does
Gnaphalium indicum L. / Helichrysum indicum (L.) Grierson are not listed in Botanical Survey of India

Many thanks to J M Garg (efloraofindia) for sorting my confusion, and helping me reach following conclusion:
* Common names mentioned in online / offline resources
(1) for Gnaphalium indicum L. will be considered for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L.
(2) for Gnaphalium indicum (with no author citation) will be considered as shared for both the distinct species: Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. - synonym of Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers. as well as Gnaphalium indicum Thwaites - synonym of Anaphalis subdecurrens Gamble

READ MORE ... The Identity of Gnaphalium indicum Linn. - Nates Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 31: 135-138. GRIERSON, AJ.C.(1975).

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

Indian cudweed

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S
* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

many-stemmed cudweed

Flowers of India
or many stem cudweed ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

western cudweed

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

~~~~~ ADI ~~~~~

paaput

Database of names of useful plants of north-east India - Ethnobotany of north-east India

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

কপাহ গুটিয়া বন kapah gutia bon

Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~

ধলি পুঁই dhali pui

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... many thanks to Rajendra Bhowmik for help with the name ... facebook

~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~

ફુલવો phulvo

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)

~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~

खरसिया kharsiya

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~

અછી ફુલેડી achi phuledi

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ hakki balli

Malabadi, Ravindra & Mulgund, Gangadhar & Nataraja, K.. (2007). Ethanobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Belgaum district, Karnataka, India. 29. 70-77.

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Kerala ... Phytosociology and plant diversity of the Attappady hills Western Ghats India - thesis by Dr Anil Kumar K A

~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Manipur ... L. Shalini, P.S. Yadava - Assessment of plant species in a sub-tropical forest ecosystem of Manipur, Northeast India - IJCRT | Volume 9, Issue 9 September 2021

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

no given name / no name found

Distributed in Maharashtra ... The Gazetteer Department ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

बोकी झार bokee jhaar

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia
or बुकि झार buki jhaar ... Mallick J K. 2020. An annotated checklist of Dicotyledonus Angiosperms in Darjeeling Himalayas and foothills, West Bengal, India. J New Biol Rep 9(2): 94- 208.

बोके फूल boke phool

Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

ବହୁସ୍ମୃତିକା bahusmrutika

Bhagyeswari Behara, Kunja Bihari Satapathy. Floristic inventory of hydrophytes with special reference to their Ethnomedicinal uses in Khordha district of Odisha. International Journal of Botany Studies, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 539-545

~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~

ᱛᱚᱜᱚᱛ ᱟᱨᱟᱜ togot arak (or ᱛᱟᱜᱚᱛ ᱟᱨᱟᱜ tagot arak)

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... A Santali-English dictionary by A. Campbell, of the Santal mission
Many thanks to Prasanta Hembram for help with this name ... efloraofindia

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

இருப்பவல் iruppaval

* for Gnaphalium indicum auct. non L. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

சாம்பப்பச்சை saambapachchai

Flora of India Vol. 13
தாவரவியல் பெயர்களின் தமிழ் பெயர்கள் by ஏற்காடு இளங்கோ

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

గొర్లలుము gorlalumu

Many thanks to Lalithamba Avadhanam for help with this name ... efloraofindia
Van Sangyan - a monthly open access e-magazine - Vol. 3, No. 2, February, 2016
Kn, Reddy & Pattanaik, Chiranjibi & Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy & Raju, Vatsavaya. (2007). Traditional knowledge on wild food plants in Andhra Pradesh. Nat Prod Radiance. 6.

నూగు పత్రి noogu pathri