NameThatPlant.net: Gamochaeta antillana

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta antillana FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

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__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Gamochaeta antillana

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Gnaphalium falcatum

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Cudweed, Caribbean Everlasting, Delicate Everlasting

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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.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta antillana FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta falcata FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta antillana

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium falcatum

620

Forb
Annual

Habitat: pine flatwoods, disturbed areas, fields, lawns, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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

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