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

Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting

Gamochaeta ustulata

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

Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting: Gamochaeta ustulata (Synonyms: Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum, Gnaphalium 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 var. purpureum, Gnaphalium purpureum) - Purple Cudweed, Spoon-leaved Purple Everlasting: Gamochaeta ustulata (Synonyms: Gamochaeta purpurea, Gnaphalium purpureum var. purpureum, Gnaphalium 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. The image at right shows a mass of basal leaf rosettes of purple cudeweed as seen above the high tide line on the beach at Bay Ocean Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon..........February 17, 2015

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

The inflorescence of purple cudeweed as seen above the high tide line on the beach at Bay Ocean Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon..........May 22, 2025.

Paul Slichter