OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Gamochaeta purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004a:

Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gnaphalium purpureum

 

COMMON NAME:
Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting, Purple Cudweed


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_gapu3_002_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_gnpu2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0404w_18

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm230418_2663

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_purpurea_0168

April    Lexington County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_g_purpurea_0176

April    Lexington County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpurpurea_home1

April    Anderson County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpurpurea_home4

April    Anderson County    SC

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Roxanna Martin    rlm43011_223

April    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0505c_01

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0505p_2223

May    Greenville County    SC

Field

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JK Marlow    jkm190503_8054

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm190503_8056

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Gamochaeta purpurea, Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting, Purple Cudweed

JK Marlow    jkm190503_8059

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Gamochaeta purpurea, Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting, Purple Cudweed

JK Marlow    jkm190508_8252

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Gamochaeta purpurea, Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting, Purple Cudweed

Roxanna Martin    rlm51411_196

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Outer phyllaries are hairy at their bases, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

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Roxanna Martin    rlm52111_290

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Pappus bristles capillary, antrorsely barbed, promptly deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpurpurea_and10

Month Unknown    Anderson County    SC

Lvs bicolored, sparsely arachnose above. Stem lvs oblanceolate to spatulate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004a:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium purpureum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2570

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Prairies, woodlands, fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Disc: Whitish/Pinkish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish/Pinkish
Achene

 

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