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Gamochaeta calviceps
Also called Silky Cudweed
Gamochaeta calviceps is a small annual herb in the daisy family, native to the southeastern United States and South America, with narrow leaves and clusters of tiny purple flower heads. It is a weedy plant of fields and disturbed ground rather than a garden ornamental, so it is grown mainly by letting it self-seed or for wildlife interest.
Gamochaeta calviceps, the narrowleaf purple everlasting, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America and to the southeastern United States (from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia (though not Florida). It has also become naturalized in other places (Europe, Taiwan, New Zealand, California, etc.).
Gamochaeta calviceps is an annual herb up to 55 cm (22 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long, mostly clustered along the base and often folded along the middle. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 2–4 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers. Flowers bloom April to July. It grows in fields, disturbed sites, flower beds, and edges of woods.
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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.
