Gamochaeta subfalcata
Common names
silky cudweed
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Year naturalised
1970
Origin
N.E. Argentina. Also known as Gnaphalium subfalcatum
Other information
Etymology
gamochaeta: From the Greek gamo- ‘united’ and chaeta ‘bristle, long hair’.
subfalcata: From the Latin falx ‘scythe’ or ‘sickle’ and sub- ‘somewhat’, meaning somewhat sickle-shaped