Gamochaeta coarctata




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Gamochaeta coarctata (Willdenow) Kerguélen
Synonyms Gamochaeta americana (Miller) Weddell; Gnaphalium americanum Miller; Gamochaeta guatemalensis (Gandoger) Cabrera; Gnaphalium purpureum (L.) Cabrera var. americanum (Miller) Klatt; Gamochaeta purpurea sensu J. Holub, non (L.) Cabrera; Gamochaeta spicata Cabrera; Gnaphalium coarctatum Willdenow; Gnaphalium purpureum L. var. spicatum Klatt; Gnaphalium spicatum Lamarck
Common name (Japanese common name) urajiro-chichi-ko-gusa [white backside father and children weed]
(English common name) American everlasting, gray everlasting
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
Chromosomal number n=14, 2n=28, 40
Description Plants electing 20-70cm. Flowers involucres 3-3.5mm, flowering in April to August. Annual or winter annual plants.
Reference Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen
Gamochaeta coarctata (Willd.) Kerguélen
Gnaphalium spicatum Lam
Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999)
Note Naturalized plants (first discovered in 1970 or 1980).



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