Gamochaeta purpurea (Linnaeus) Cabrera. Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting. Phen: Late Mar-Sep. Hab: Prairies, woodlands, fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas. Dist: ME west to MI, south to s. FL and e. TX; apparently disjunct in CA and OR, adventive in w. US, Mexico, South America, and elsewhere.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Fl7, FNA19, GrPl, Il, K3, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3, Nesom (2004b), Nesom (2004c), Urtubey et al (2016); = Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera var. purpurea – Pa; < Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera – K1, Arriagada (1998), Nesom (1990); < Gnaphalium purpureum L. – F, Oh3, S, Tx, W, WV; < Gnaphalium purpureum L. var. purpureum – C, G, RAB, SE1

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus

Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily: 8