Narrowleaf Purple Everlasting

Gamochaeta calviceps, the narrowleaf purple everlasting, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America and to the southeastern United States (from Texas and Oklahoma to Virginia (though not Florida). It has also become naturalized in other places (Europe, Taiwan, New Zealand, California, etc.).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Narrowleaf Purple 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 antillana
• Gamochaeta purpurea
• Gnaphalium polycaulon
• Gamochaeta argyrinea
• Gamochaeta pensylvanica
• Gamochaeta simplicicaulis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Gamochaeta

Species

Gamochaeta calviceps

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