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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta antillana
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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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May Moore County NC
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0651
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves basal and cauline, basal usually withering before flowering, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0659
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Stems erect to decumbent-ascending, loosely arachnose-tomentose, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0660
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Blades of basal and lower cauline leaves 2-6 (10) mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0660b
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Leaf faces concolor, loosely tomentose [covered w short, matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs], per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0666
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
The main axis of the capitulescence obscured by clustered heads, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250521_0666b
May Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Involucres 2.5-3mm high, seated in tomentum, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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JK Marlow jkm250618_1143
June Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves concolored or weakly bicolored (faces more or less equally greenish to gray-greenish), per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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)
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!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p118
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p098
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".
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