Pseudognaphalium affine is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Pseudognaphalium. The species is widely distributed in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Transcaucasus and Anatolia.

The plant is biennial, with stems 15–40 cm long, the surface of the plant is covered with fine woolly hair and the leaves are small and rounded. The flowers appear as small florets with petal around 2 mm long.

In Mainland China and Taiwan, this plant is used to make rice-flour pastry (such as chháu-á-kóe) for the Qingming Festival. In Japan, it is one of the herbs consumed during the Seven-Herbs Festival in the spring.

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