[Cudweeds: The Genera Gamochaeta, Gnaphalium and Pseudognaphalium in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting

Gnaphalium purpureum

Synonyms: Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum

Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting: Gamochaeta ustulata (Synonyms: Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum)

Purple cudweed blooming on Bayocean Spit at the west side of Tillamook Bay........June 13, 2010.

Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting: Gamochaeta ustulata (Synonyms: Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum)

Purple cudweed as seen at the base of a basalt cliff along US Highway 101 at Neahkanie Mt. on the Oregon coast........May 22, 2009.
Paul Slichter