''Galinsoga mollis'' is a rare Mexican 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 the State of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

in western Mexico.McVaugh, Rogers. 1972. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 9(4): 414-417
description in Latin, commentary in English, line drawing on page 417

Description

''Galinsoga mollis'' is a branching annual herb up to tall. Leaves are narrow and tapering to a point, up to long. Flower heads are up to across. Each head has about 8 white ray flowers surrounding as many as 150 yellow disc flowers.

References

mollis Mollis is a former municipality in the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Effective from 1 January 2011, Mollis is part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. History Mollis is first mentioned in 1288. Geography Mollis has an area, , of . Of this ...

Flora of Jalisco Plants described in 1972 {{Asteroideae-stub