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Gnaphalium purpureum
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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Ndundu Lodge, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd. |
| Common names: | American cudweed (English) |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Probably annual or biennial, white woolly herb with erect stem up to 40 cm tall. Leaves spathulate-obovate, up to 8 × 2 cm, decreasing in size towards the stem apex; margin entire or subentire. Inflorescence in a terminal spike with leaf-like bracts. Involucral bracts c. 3-seriate, lanceolate-oblong, c. 3 mm long. Florets small, numerous, brownish. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | purpureum: purple |
| Habitat: | In gardens and damp places. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | A native of the warmer parts of N. America down to Argentina, it is now a widespread weed throughout the tropics, |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | AB |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
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Flora of Mozambique: Gnaphalium purpureumAfrican Plant Database: Gnaphalium purpureum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Gnaphalium purpureum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Gnaphalium purpureum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Gnaphalium purpureum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Gnaphalium purpureum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Gnaphalium purpureum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Gnaphalium purpureum
JSTOR Plant Science: Gnaphalium purpureum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Gnaphalium purpureum
Tropicos: Gnaphalium purpureum
West African Plants database: Gnaphalium purpureum
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