2128

Forb
Annual/Biennial

Non-native: apparently introduced from South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it on roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Whitish/Pinkish
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p187?

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gamochaeta chionesthes   FAMILY Asteraceae__

LESS THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae__

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-40-004a:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum   FAMILY Asteraceae__