Chromolaena ivifolia
| Chromolaena ivifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chromolaena |
| Species: | C. ivifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromolaena ivifolia (L.) King & H.E.Robins. | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Synonymy
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Chromolaena ivifolia called ivy-leaf false thoroughwort,[4] or ivyleaf thoroughwort,[5] is an American species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is native to North America and South America, from the southeastern United States to Argentina. Within the United States, the species is found in eastern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and Florida.[6][4][7][8][9]
Chromolaena ivifolia is a perennial herb or subshrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. Flower heads are produced in groups at the ends of branches. The heads contain red, purple, or blue disc florets but no ray florets.[4]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Chromolaena ivifolia (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
- ↑ Tropicos, Eupatorium ivifolium L.
- ↑ The Plant List, Chromolaena ivaefolia (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America, Ivy-leaf false thoroughwort, Chromolaena ivifolia (Linnaeus) R. M. King & H. Robinson
- ↑ "Chromolaena bigelovii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá.
- ↑ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
- ↑ Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz.
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