''Gamochaeta antillana'', the delicate everlasting, is a species of

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in the family

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. It is native to the

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and to the southeastern United States (from

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). It has also become naturalized in other places (South America, Europe, Australia,

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, the Carolinas, etc.).Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for ''Gamochaeta'' (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
/ref> ''Gamochaeta antillana'' is an annual herb up to tall, producing a taproot. Leaves are up to long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays and also in tightly packed clumps. Each head contains 3–5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.Flora of North America, ''Gamochaeta antillana'' (Urban) Anderberg, 1991. Delicate everlasting
/ref> ''Gamochaeta antillana'' is similar to '' G. falcata,'' and many ''Gamochaeta antillana'' specimens from the eastern United States have long been misidentified as '' G. falcata.''

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antillana Flora of the Southeastern United States Flora of the Caribbean Plants described in 1915 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Gnaphalieae-stub