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Interesting as a "what happened to that plant" sort of thing, and well taken to get the question asked.
Do you happen to know what happened? Webbing? Fungus? Decay? Naturally silvered plant?
The last one. This appears to be Dusty Miller or Silver Ragwort, and that's what it looks like.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/jacobaea-maritima/
The hairs are naturaly made by the plant and are called trichomes.
The stinging spikes of stinging nettles are also a type of modified trichome which is pretty cool
Ah, thank you- I knew of plant effects along those lines but nothing so striking.
I think it’s just like that naturally, but I have no idea!