Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera
- Common Name
- Pennsylvania Everlasting
- Synonym(s)
- Gnaphalium peregrinum Fern.; Gnaphalium spathulatum Lam.
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera
- Comments
- Overlooked until December, 2011, when DNA sequence data from Dr. Mac Alford (University of Southern Mississippi) confirmed the presence of Gamochaeta pensylvanica in Virginia. Subsequent herbarium searches and field work have turned specimens from a number of counties. Additional records are to be expected in eastern Virginia. This species is fairly distinctive with its broad, unicolored leaves and long-bracteate inflorescences.
- Habitat
- Cultivated fields, disturbed roadsides, sandhills, and forest borders. Records to date indicate the species is scattered in the s. and c. Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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