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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta calviceps
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Narrowleaf Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Gamochaeta calviceps
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004b:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. falcatum FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gnaphalium calviceps
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium falcatum
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Cudweed, Narrowleaf Purple Everlasting
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Inflorescence may look continuous-cylindric at stem tip in early-season plants, per Flora of North America.
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The spatulate proximal leaves contrast with the much narrower cauline ones, per Flora of North America.
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Phyllaries in 5-7 series, lacking purple color, per Flora of North America.
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Leaf faces concolor or weakly bicolor, subpannose (hairs closely appressed), per Flora of North America.
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta calviceps
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta falcata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta calviceps
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004b:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. falcatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gnaphalium calviceps
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium falcatum
2129
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Disc: Whitish/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Whitish/Pinkish
Achene
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