''Gamochaeta calviceps'', the narrowleaf purple everlasting, is a species of

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in the family

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. It is native to South America and to the southeastern United States (from

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and Oklahoma to

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(though not

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). It has also become naturalized in other places (Europe, Taiwan,

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, etc.).Calflora taxon report, University of California, ''Gamochaeta calviceps'' (Fernald) Cabrera, Narrowleaf purple everlasting
/ref>Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for ''Gamochaeta'' (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
/ref> ''Gamochaeta calviceps'' is an annual herb up to tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to long, mostly clustered along the base and often folded along the middle. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 2–4 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers. Flowers bloom April to July. It grows in fields, disturbed sites, flower beds, and edges of woods.Flora of North America, ''Gamochaeta calviceps'' (Fernald) Cabrera, 1961.
/ref> ''Gamochaeta calviceps'' is similar to '' G. falcata,'' and many ''G. calviceps'' specimens from the United States have long been misidentified as '' G. falcata.''

References

calviceps Flora of the United States Flora of South America Plants described in 1935 Taxa named by Ángel Lulio Cabrera {{Gnaphalieae-stub