Gamochaeta calviceps

Otakaha Stream, Palliser Bay.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 15/03/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

silky cudweed

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Gamochaeta calviceps (Fernald) Cabrera

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Year naturalised

1968

Origin

U.S.A. to E. South America. Also known as Gnaphalium claviceps

Etymology

gamochaeta: From the Greek gamo- ‘united’ and chaeta ‘bristle, long hair’.