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Gamochaeta ustulata

(synonym of Gamochaeta purpurea)

purple cudweed
Habit Plants annual, biennial, or perennial, 0.4–45 cm.
Leaves

basal usually withering before flowering;

cauline blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 1–10 cm.
Inflorescences

bracts shorter than to slightly surpassing flower clusters.
Involucres

narrowly campanulate, 4.5–5 mm.
Florets

corollas 1–2 mm.
Phyllaries

in 4–6 series, chartaceous, becoming brownish in fruit, sometimes green along midlines;

tips sharply acute;

surfaces tomentose.
Fruits

0.7–0.8 mm, tan or brownish;

pappi white.

Gamochaeta ustulata
Distribution
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Discussion

Forests, grasslands, ocean bluffs, dunes, riverbanks, roadsides, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Aug. 0–1100 m. Casc, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; north to British Columbia. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 272
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
G. ustulata
Synonyms Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum
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