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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta argyrinea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purple Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Gamochaeta argyrinea
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:
Silvery Cudweed, Silvery Everlasting
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta argyrinea
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 argyrinea
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
618
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, fields, lawns, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p347?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p187?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p100?
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