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 impatiens   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta americana   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gamochaeta impatiens, sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), the USA adventive previously identified as G. coarctata (Nesom, 2022)

Gamochaeta impatiens

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Gamochaeta coarctata

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

Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting


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image of Gamochaeta impatiens, Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0575

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Involucres 2.5-3.0 mm high, more-or-less purplish, the bases glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Gamochaeta impatiens, Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0577

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Corollas usually purplish distally, per Flora of North America.

image of Gamochaeta impatiens, Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0580

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, adaxially glabrous or glabrate, per Flora of North America.

image of Gamochaeta impatiens, Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0584

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Basal rosettes present at flowering; leaf faces bicolor, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta americana   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gamochaeta impatiens, sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), the USA adventive previously identified as G. coarctata (Nesom, 2022)
Gamochaeta impatiens

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta coarctata

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

619

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Habitat: Sandy roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-brown/Reddish-brown
Achene

 

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