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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6 to 12 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Taproot
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Purple Cudweed
  • Spoonleaf Purple Everlasting
  • Spike Cudweed
  • American Everlasting
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Gamochaeta purpurea
  • Synonym: Gamochaeta americana

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Location: North Carolina on campus of Sandhills Community college)
Date: April 15, 2024
Purple cudweed # 561; RAB page 1066, 179-40-4a;. AG page 269, 55-
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-08
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-04-18
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2015-04-18
Location: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
Location: Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
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