
Gamochaeta argyrinea, the silvery cudweed or silvery everlasting, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across the southeastern and south-central United States from Delaware south to Florida and west as far as southeastern Kansas and central Texas. It has also been found in Puerto Rico and in northern California (probably introduced).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Silvery Everlasting being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Gamochaeta purpurea
- Gamochaeta impatiens
- Gamochaeta antillana
- Gamochaeta calviceps
- Gamochaeta americana
- Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gamochaeta
- Species
- Gamochaeta argyrinea
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