Gamochaeta calviceps

Gamochaeta calviceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species:
G. calviceps
Binomial name
Gamochaeta calviceps
Synonyms[1]
  • Gnaphalium calvescens Fernald
  • Gnaphalium calviceps Fernald

Gamochaeta calviceps, the narrowleaf purple everlasting,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America and to the southeastern United States (from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia (though not Florida). It has also become naturalized in other places (Europe, Taiwan, New Zealand, California, etc.).[2][3][4][5]

Gamochaeta calviceps is an annual herb up to 55 cm (22 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long, mostly clustered along the base and often folded along the middle. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 2–4 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers. Flowers bloom April to July. It grows in fields, disturbed sites, flower beds, and edges of woods.[6]

Gamochaeta calviceps is similar to G. falcata, and many G. calviceps specimens from the United States have long been misidentified as G. falcata.[3]

  1. ^ Tropicos, Gnaphalium calviceps Fernald.
  2. ^ a b Calflora taxon report, University of California, Gamochaeta calviceps (Fernald) Cabrera, Narrowleaf purple everlasting
  3. ^ a b Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Flora of China, Gamochaeta calviceps (Fernald) Cabrera, 1961. 直茎合冠鼠麴草 zhi jing he guan shu qu cao
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Gamochaeta calviceps (Fernald) Cabrera, 1961.