Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gamochaeta antillana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Narrowleaf Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_gamochaeta_antillana1
May Moore County NC
Involucres usually purplish. All corollas usually purple distally, per Flora of North America.
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
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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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!