Chromolaena geraniifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chromolaena |
Species: | C. geraniifolia |
Binomial name | |
Chromolaena geraniifolia (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob. | |
Synonyms | |
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Chromolaena geraniifolia, the geraniumleaf thoroughwort, is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.
Chromolaena geraniifolia is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) high. It produces blue flower heads at the ends of branches.
The epithet geraniifolia means "with leaves like those of a Geranium."
References
- The Plant List, Chromolaena geraniifolia (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- NRCS. "Chromolaena geraniifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Urban, Ignatz 1899. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 1: 458 in Latin
- Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
- King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 201
- Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Chromolaena geraniifolia |