Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
purple cudweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spoon-leaf purple everlasting	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spoonleaf purple everlasting	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sudana kola	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සුදන කොළ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gnaphalium purpureum L. Sp. Pl.: 854 (1753).
Gamochaeta rosacea (I.M.Johnst.) Anderb. Opera Bot. 104: 157 (1991).
Gnaphalium columbianum Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 52 (1894).
Gnaphalium dillenii Schult. Observ. Bot.: 175 (1809).
Gnaphalium hyemale Walter Fl. Carol.: 203 (1788).
Gnaphalium littorale Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f. Fl. Antarct. 2: 310 (1846).
Gnaphalium obtusifolium Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 478 (1826).
Gnaphalium purpureum var. normale Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 340 (1891), not validly publ.
Gnaphalium retusum Poepp. ex DC. Prodr. 6: 234 (1838), not validly publ.
Gnaphalium rosaceum I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 99 (1923).
Gnaphalium roseorufescens Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 695 (1840).
Gnaphalium spicatum f. purpurascens Malme Ark. Bot. 24A(6): 64 (1931).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gamochaeta purpurea	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Gamochaeta purpurea (L.) Cabrera	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gnaphalium purpureum L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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