Gamochaeta purpurea
Synonyms
Gnaphalium coarctatum Willd.
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
GAMPUR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Yellow
Year naturalised
1930
Origin
America. Also known as Gnaphalium purpureum
Etymology
gamochaeta: From the Greek gamo- ‘united’ and chaeta ‘bristle, long hair’.