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Gamochaeta americana
Also called American Cudweed, Gray Everlasting
Gamochaeta americana is a small, low-growing herbaceous plant in the daisy family, native to tropical and subtropical America, usually found as a weed or wildling in open, disturbed ground. It is a minor plant with little cultivation history, so there is no established garden care routine.
Gamochaeta americana, also known as American everlasting, is a plant in the family Asteraceae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gamochaeta americana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
