Galinsoga parviflora |
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gallant-soldier, lesser quickweed, littleflower quickweed, small-flower galinsoga |
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Habit | Plants 4–60 cm. | ||||
Leaf | blades 7–110 × 3–70(–80) mm. |
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Peduncles | 1–40 mm. |
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Involucres | campanulate, 2.5–5 mm diam. |
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Ray florets | (3–)5(–8); corollas usually dull white (pink), laminae 0.5–1.8 × 0.7–1.5 mm. |
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Disc florets | 15–50. |
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Phyllaries | persistent. |
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Cypselae | rays 1.5–2.5 mm; discs 1.3–2.5 mm, glabrous or strigose; pappi: rays 0 or of 5–10, laciniate scales 0.5–1 mm; discs 0, or of 15–20 white or gray, linear, fimbriate, obtuse (acute) scales 0.5–2 mm. |
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Paleae | outer persistent with distal phyllaries or falling, elliptic to obovate; inner usually persistent, lanceolate to ovate or obovate, 2–3.5 mm, 3-lobed, lobes to 1/3+ total lengths, acute. |
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Galinsoga parviflora |
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Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; ND; NE; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; BC; MB; NB; ON; QC; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Australia [Introduced in Europe]
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 181. | ||||
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Name authority | Cavanilles: Icon. 3: 41, plate 281. (1795) | ||||
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