''Galinsoga macrocephala'' is a South American species of flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. It has been found only in
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
[Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1979. Phytologia 44: 429]
description in Latin, commentary in English
Description
''Galinsoga macrocephala'' is a branching annual herb up to 30 (12 inches) tall. Stems are purple with white hairs. Leaves are opposite, egg-shaped, up to long. Flower heads are somewhat larger than in many related species, about across. Each head has about 14 reddish-purple ray flowers surrounding about 25 yellow disc flowers.
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macrocephala
Flora of Venezuela
Plants described in 1798
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