Gamochaeta pensylvanica, the Pennsylvania cudweed or Pennsylvania everlasting, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America and introduced into Eurasia, Africa, Australia, and North America. The pensylvanica epithet is a misnomer, as the plant is not native to Pennsylvania and only marginally naturalized there.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pennsylvania Cudweed 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 argyrinea
- Gamochaeta impatiens
- Gamochaeta calviceps
- Gnaphalium polycaulon
- Gamochaeta americana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gamochaeta
- Species
- Gamochaeta pensylvanica
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