Gamochaeta purpurea, the purple cudweed, purple everlasting, or spoonleaf purple everlasting, is a plant native to North America.
Description
It is a small annual herb that produces lanceolate, alternate, wooly leaves and peg-shaped flowerheads in terminal clusters. The seeds are windborne.
Habitat
It can grow on most any type of soil that is moderately moist, but prefers meadows, rocky terrain, and farmland.
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as endangered in
and
New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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, as possibly extirpated in
Maine
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, as historical in
Rhode Island
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, and as a special concern species in
Connecticut
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, where it is believed extirpated.
Ethnobotany
The
Houma people
The Houma () are a historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South. Their descendants, the Houma people or organization "The United Houma Nation", have been recognized by the state as a tribe since 1 ...
take a
decoction
Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material (which may include stems, roots, bark and rhizomes) to dissolve the chemicals of the material. It is the most common preparation method in various herbal-medicine systems. De ...
of the dried plant for colds and
influenza
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.
[Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 64]
Gallery
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References
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Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Taxa named by Ángel Lulio Cabrera
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