Gamochaeta purpurea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gamochaeta |
| Species: | G. purpurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Gamochaeta purpurea | |
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Gnaphalium purpureum | |
Gamochaeta purpurea, the purple cudweed, purple everlasting, or spoonleaf purple everlasting, is a plant native to North America.[1]
Description[edit]
It is a small annual herb that produces lanceolate, alternate, wooly leaves and peg-shaped flowerheads in terminal clusters. The seeds are windborne.
Habitat[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
The Houma people take a decoction of the dried plant for colds and influenza.[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "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