Gamochaeta purpurea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species: Gamochaeta purpurea
Name

Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera
Synonyms

Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd.
Gamochaeta americana var. alpina Wedd.
Gamochaeta guatemalensis (Gand.) Cabrera
Gamochaeta rosacea (I.M. Johnst.) A.A. Anderberg
Gnaphalium americanum Mill.
Gnaphalium consanguineum Hombr. & Jacquinot ex DC.
Gnaphalium dillenii Schult. ex Steud.
Gnaphalium guatemalense Gand.
Gnaphalium hyemale Walt.
Gnaphalium littorale Banks & Soland. ex Hook. fil.
Gnaphalium obtusifolium Willd. ex Spreng.
Gnaphalium purpureum L.
Gnaphalium purpureum var. americanum (Mill.) Klatt
Gnaphalium retusum Poepp. ex DC.
Gnaphalium rosaceum I. M.Johnston
Gnaphalium roseo-rufescens Steud.
Gnaphalium spathulatum Lam.
Gnaphalium spicatum Lam.
Gnaphalium stachidifolium Lam.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Canada (Ontario), USA (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
Continental: Southern America
Peru, Galapagos Isl., Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Panama, Cuba, Bahamas, NE-Brazil (Bahia), WC-Brazil (Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tierra del Fuego), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Chile (O'Higgins, Bio Bio, Los Lagos, Aisen, Magallanes), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Central, Cordillera, Caaguazu, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Canelones, Colonia, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Soriano, Treinta y Tres), Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Carabobo, Distrito Federal, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia), Ecuador, Costa Rica, Falkland Isl., Nicaragua, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Guatemala, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Santander, Tolima, Valle)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Cabrera, Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica. La Plata, Argentina 9:377. 1961

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Gamochaeta purpurea. Published online. Accessed: January 14 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Gamochaeta purpurea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 14.
Tropicos.org 2018. Gamochaeta purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 14.
Hassler, M. 2018. Gamochaeta purpurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 14. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Gamochaeta purpurea – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
EOL: Gamochaeta purpurea Gnaphalium purpureum

Vernacular names
English: spoonleaf purple everlasting
日本語: ウスベニチチコグサ

Gamochaeta purpurea, the purple cudweed, purple everlasting, or spoonleaf purple everlasting, is a plant native to North America.[1]

Description

It is a small annual herb that produces lanceolate, alternate, wooly leaves and peg-shaped flowerheads in terminal clusters. The seeds are windborne.
Habitat

It can grow on most any type of soil that is moderately moist, but prefers meadows, rocky terrain, and farmland.
Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as endangered in Massachusetts and New York, as possibly extirpated in Maine, as historical in Rhode Island,[2] and as a special concern species in Connecticut, where it is believed extirpated.[3]
Ethnobotany

The Houma people take a decoction of the dried plant for colds and influenza.[4]
References

"Plants Profile for Gamochaeta purpurea (spoonleaf purple everlasting )". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
"Plants Profile for Gamochaeta purpurea (spoonleaf purple everlasting )". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
"Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 1 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer and updated from the one used by plants.usda.gov)
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64