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



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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image of Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpensylvanica_and4

April    Anderson County    SC

image of Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpensylvanica_76

May        

image of Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting

Sharleen Johnson    shj_3293716214276604

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Blades spatulate to oblanceolate-obovate, faces concolor or weakly bicolor, per Flora of North America.

image of Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpensylvanica_and2

Month Unknown    Anderson County    SC

Spatulate to oblanceolate bracts among proximal heads surpassing glomerules, per Flora of North America.

image of Gamochaeta pensylvanica, Wandering Cudweed, Pennsylvania Everlasting

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmgpensylvanica_and3

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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)

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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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