Chromolaena sagittata

Chromolaena sagittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species: C. sagittata
Binomial name
Chromolaena sagittata
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob
Synonyms[1]

Eupatorium sagittatum A.Gray

Chromolaena sagittata is a Mexican species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is found in western Mexico, in the States of Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Baja California Sur.[2]

Chromolaena sagittata is an herb with opposite, arrow-shaped leaves about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.[3]


References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chromolaena sagittata (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ↑ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
  3. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 88, in footnote parallel English and Latin, as Eupatorium sagittatum

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