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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Wandering Cudweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
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 var. purpureum
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gnaphalium peregrinum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium spathulatum
COMMON NAME:
Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting
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April Anderson County SC
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May
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December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, per Flora of North America.
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Month Unknown Anderson County SC
Spatulate to oblanceolate bracts among proximal heads surpassing glomerules, per Flora of North America.
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Month Unknown Anderson County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
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 var. purpureum
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Gnaphalium peregrinum
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Gnaphalium spathulatum
621
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America, probably
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC (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
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