Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta impatiens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shiny Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta americana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gamochaeta impatiens, sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), the USA adventive previously identified as G. coarctata (Nesom, 2022)
Gamochaeta impatiens
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Gamochaeta coarctata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004d:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Elegant Cudweed, Shiny Cudweed, American Everlasting
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0575
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Involucres 2.5-3.0 mm high, more-or-less purplish, the bases glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0577
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Corollas usually purplish distally, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0580
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, adaxially glabrous or glabrate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0584
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Basal rosettes present at flowering; leaf faces bicolor, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta impatiens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta americana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gamochaeta impatiens, sp. nov. (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae), the USA adventive previously identified as G. coarctata (Nesom, 2022)
Gamochaeta impatiens
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta coarctata
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-40-004d:
Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
619
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Sandy roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p226
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p101
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".