Distribución y hábitat
Gamochaeta sphacelata occurs in the United States (Nesom, 2006), Mexico (Villaseñor, 2016), and South America, where it is found in Argentina (Cabrera, 1978; Freire & Iharlegui, 2014), Bolivia (Jørgensen et al., 2014), Brazil (Deble & Marchiori, 2007; Flora e Funga do Brasil, 2023), Ecuador (Luteyn, 1999), Peru (Luteyn, 1999), and Ven ezuela (Luteyn, 1999). Gamochaeta sphacelata grows in the Caribbean, Amazonian, and Andean-Patagonian dominions (Cabrera & Willink, 1973), and in the North American Prairies province (Takhtajan, 1986; Thorne, 1993), where it is found in mountain regions at eleva tions between 2000 and 3598 m.
