Common name
English: Pennsylvania Cudweed, Pennsylvania everlasting
Mandarin: 匙叶合冠鼠麴草 (shi ye he guan shu qu cao)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Gamochaeta (1)
Epithet: pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera (2)
Synonyms: Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd., Gnaphalium peregrinum Fern., Gnaphalium spathulatum Lam.
pensylvanica => from Pennsylvania, North America
pensylvanicum => from Pennsylvania, North America
peregrinum => strange, foreign, exotic
spathulatum => shaped like a spatula
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical, tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, yellow
External links
Check for Gamochaeta pensylvanica at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1669] Gamochaeta pensylvanica - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)