Asteraceae
Snow-white everlasting
Gamochaeta chionesthes
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gamochaeta
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Snow-white everlasting
Synonyms
- Gnaphalium sphacelatum f. legitimum DC.
- Gnaphalium sphacelatum f. sphacelatum
- Gnaphalium sphacelatum var. sphacelatum
- Gnaphalium sphacilatum var. legitimum DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Jason Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.