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Purple Cudweed - Gnaphalium purpureum
Other Names:
Gamochaeta ustulata, Gnaphalium purpureum var. ustulata, Gamochaeta purpurea
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General Description
Biennial or short-lived perennial. Stems erect, simple, 10–40 cm. Leaves 1–3 cm long; basal petiolate, oblanceolate; cauline linear, sessile. Glomerules terminal in a narrow, spike-like inflorescence, surpassing subtending leaves. Involucres 3–5 mm high; phyllaries white, with acute tips, sometimes tomentose at the base. Inner corollas 2–4 mm long. Achenes ca. 0.5 mm long; pappus deciduous in a ring (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Range Comments
BC, MT, south to CA. Our plants are var. ustulata (Nutt.) Boivin. Collected once in Missoula County (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX ).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1
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