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

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

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.

Paul Slichter