Taxon:  Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera



Summary
Genus:
Gamochaeta
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Gnaphalieae
Nomen number:
413781
Place of publication:
Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 9:375.  1961
Verified:
03/12/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gnaphalium peregrinum Fernald
Gnaphalium purpureum L. var. spatulatum (Lam.) Baker

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  3. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
  4. Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
  5. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  7. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  9. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  10. Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  11. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  12. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  13. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: mentions
  14. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  15. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  16. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  17. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  18. Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida. Note: = Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum (Lam.) Ahles
  19. Nesom, G. L. 1990. Taxonomy of Gamochaeta of United States. Phytologia 68:193.
  20. Nesom, G. L. 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21:1183-1184.
  21. Press, J. R. et al. 2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
  22. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Note: = Gnaphalium purpureum var. spathulatum (Lam.) Ahles
  23. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  24. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
  25. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  26. Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishPennsylvania cudweed  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Nesom, G. L. 1990. Taxonomy of Gamochaeta of United States. Phytologia 68:193.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
3AdventiveEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Press, J. R. et al. 2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMassachusetts FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
6Other    exact native & natzd. range uncertain owing to confusion with other taxaNesom, G. L. 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21:1183-1184.
Native
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Adventive
Europe
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Israel
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, Portugal
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts, Pennsylvania]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
  • REGION: Mexico
Other (exact native & natzd. range uncertain owing to confusion with other taxa)

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  3. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
  4. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Australian plant census (APC) (on-line resource).
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  8. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  9. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  10. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  11. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
  12. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  13. Nesom, G. L. 1990. Taxonomy of Gamochaeta of United States. Phytologia 68:193.
  14. Nesom, G. L. 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21:1183-1184.
  15. Press, J. R. et al. 2000-. Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource)
  16. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  17. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. Note: = Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd.
  18. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Gamochaeta purpureum (L.) Cabrera
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weed  Nesom, G. L. 1990. Taxonomy of Gamochaeta of United States. Phytologia 68:193.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=413781. Accessed 27 October 2026.