Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

Search by scientific name

OR search by...

620

Forb
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC

Look for it in disturbed areas, fields, lawns, per Weakley's Flora

map
To see a detailed map, click here

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate

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

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

 

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



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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta falcata   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Narrowleaf Cudweed, Caribbean Everlasting, Delicate Everlasting

Click or hover over the thumbnails to see larger pictures.

image of Gamochaeta antillana, Narrowleaf Cudweed, Caribbean Everlasting, Delicate Everlasting

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_gamochaeta_antillana1

May    Moore County    NC

Involucres usually purplish. All corollas usually purple distally, per Flora of North America.