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Gamochaeta purpurea
Also called Purple Cudweed, American Cudweed, Spoon Leaved Cudweed, Spoon Leaved Purple Everlasting, American Cudweed, Purplish Cudweed, Spoon Leaf Cudweed, Purplish Cudweed
Gamochaeta purpurea, the purple cudweed, purple everlasting, or spoonleaf purple everlasting, is a plant native to North America.
It can grow on most any type of soil that is moderately moist, but prefers meadows, rocky terrain, and farmland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gamochaeta purpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
