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gallant-soldier, lesser quickweed, littleflower quickweed, small-flower galinsoga

Photo is of parent taxon

few flower galinsoga, gallant soldier, small-flower galinsoga

Habit Plants 4–60 cm. Plants 10–60 cm.
Leaf

blades 7–110 × 3–70(–80) mm.

blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, 20–110 × 15–70 mm, margins serrulate to serrate.

Peduncles

1–40 mm.

Involucres

campanulate, 2.5–5 mm diam.

Ray florets

(3–)5(–8);

corollas usually dull white (pink), laminae 0.5–1.8 × 0.7–1.5 mm.

Disc florets

15–50.

Phyllaries

persistent.

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.

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.

Arrays

of heads loose.

Axillary

peduncles longer than subtending bractlets.

2n

= 16.

Galinsoga parviflora

Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora

Phenology Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat Disturbed soils, fields, orchards, gardens, lawns, roadsides
Elevation 0–2300 m (0–7500 ft)
Distribution
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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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from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; ND; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; BC; MB; NB; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Australia [Introduced in North America; introduced in Europe]
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Leaf blades lanceolate to broadly ovate, margins serrulate to serrate; arrays of heads loose; axillary peduncles longer than subtending bractlets
var. parviflora
1. Leaf blades lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, margins usually entire or serrulate, sometimes serrate; arrays of heads congested; axillary peduncles shorter than subtending bractlets
var. semicalva
Source FNA vol. 21, p. 181. FNA vol. 21, p. 181.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Galinsoginae > Galinsoga Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Galinsoginae > Galinsoga > Galinsoga parviflora
Sibling taxa
G. quadriradiata
G. parviflora var. semicalva
Subordinate taxa
G. parviflora var. parviflora, G. parviflora var. semicalva
Name authority Cavanilles: Icon. 3: 41, plate 281. (1795) unknown
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