spoonleaf purple everlasting - Gamochaeta purpurea

USDA Plant Code: GAPU3
Light Requirement: full sun
Soil Moisture: dry - medium
Leaves: deciduous
Protected Plant: no
Commonly Available at Nurseries : no
Growth Habits: forb/herb,
Hardiness Zone: both
Salt Tolerance : no
Drought Tolerance: no
Birds, Mammals and Other Wildlife: no
Riparian Buffers: no
All Pollinators: no
Native Bees and other Pollinators: no
Butterflies and Moths: no
Hummingbird: no
Rain Garden: no
Bloom Color: purple
Bloom Period: spring
Fragrant: no
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Plant(s); July. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s); September. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society.
James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s);
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s);
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Fruits at various angles.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Fruit, ventral (left) and dorsal (right) views. Note the minute papillae.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Three fruits, lateral view.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Looking down on the bases of two fruits. Note extra tissue attached to the ring-like fruit attachment scar.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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Fruit(s); Looking down on the apices of two fruits. Style bases ± missing.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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