Index / Search / Gamochaeta purpurea
§1 Plant
Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera
vernacular spoonleaf purple everlasting — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Gamochaeta
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 955 counties across 32 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 955 counties across 32 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
California view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Calaveras 06009
- Contra Costa 06013
- Fresno 06019
- Humboldt 06023
- Imperial 06025
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Merced 06047
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Orange 06059
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Trinity 06105
- Tuolumne 06109
- Yuba 06115
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bulloch 13031
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Clinch 13065
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hall 13139
- Harris 13145
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Putnam 13237
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Walker 13295
- Wilkes 13317
- Worth 13321
Hawaii view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Massac 17127
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Decatur 18031
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Harrison 18061
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- DeSoto 28033
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Grenada 28043
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Jackson 28059
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Monroe 28095
- Montgomery 28097
- Neshoba 28099
- Newton 28101
- Panola 28107
- Prentiss 28117
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Stone 28131
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Warren 28149
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
- Yalobusha 28161
- Yazoo 28163
Missouri view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Carroll 39019
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Fairfield 39045
- Hamilton 39061
- Harrison 39067
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Lawrence 39087
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Meigs 39105
- Muskingum 39119
- Pike 39131
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Atoka 40005
- Bryan 40013
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Delaware 40041
- Johnston 40069
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Marshall 40095
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Pittsburg 40121
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Somerset 42111
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Wells 48249
- Lee 48287
- Liberty 48291
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wood 48499
Virginia view state ↗ 80 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Clay 54015
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Logan 54045
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Ohio 54069
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GAPU3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3103209 ↗Record version
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