Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wandering Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004c:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gnaphalium purpureum Linnaeus var. purpureum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium spathulatum
COMMON NAME:
Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting
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Spatulate to oblanceolate bracts among proximal heads surpassing glomerules, per Flora of North America.
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Blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004c:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Gnaphalium purpureum Linnaeus var. purpureum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium spathulatum
621
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Non-native: South America, probably
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
Look for it in fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, 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
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