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*Gamochaeta impatiens Nesom. Common name: Elegant Cudweed. Phenology: Mar-Jul. Habitat: Sandy roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of South America.

Origin/Endemic status: South America

Taxonomy Comments: Nesom (2022b) demonstrated that what has been previously identified in North America as G. coarctata is actually a different species, G. impatiens. Freire et al. (2024) considered G. impatiens to be within the range of variation of Gamochaeta americana.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Nesom (2022b), in press; < Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd. — POWO, Arriagada (1998), Nesom (1990a), misapplied; < Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen — Fl7, FNA19, K4, Va, WH3, Nesom (2004b), Urtubey et al (2016), misapplied; < Gamochaeta purpureum L. var. purpureum, misapplied; < Gnaphalium americanum Mill. — Bah, Freire et al (2024), misapplied; < Gnaphalium purpureum L. — F; < Gnaphalium purpureum L. var. americanum (Mill.) Klatt — RAB, misapplied; < Gnaphalium purpureum L. var. purpureum — C. Basionym: Gamochaeta impatiens G.L.Nesom 2022

Links to other floras: < Gamochaeta coarctata - FNA19

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