NameThatPlant.net: Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Galinsoga at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galinsoga parviflora FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Galinsoga parviflora

COMMON NAME:
Lesser Peruvian-daisy, Gallant Soldiers, Smallflower Quickweed

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image of Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora, Lesser Peruvian-daisy, Gallant Soldiers, Smallflower Quickweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gapa2_001_lvd

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_411

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Galinsoga parviflora FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Galinsoga parviflora

3408

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, roadsides, barnyards, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Central & South America

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p214

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