Chromolaena geraniifolia

Chromolaena geraniifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species: C. geraniifolia
Binomial name
Chromolaena geraniifolia
(Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium geranifolium Urb.
  • Eupatorium geraniifolium Urb.
  • Osmia geraniifolia (Urb.) Britton & P.Wilson

Chromolaena geraniifolia (geraniumleaf thoroughwort),[2] is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.[3][4][5][6]

Chromolaena geraniifolia is a shrub up to 150 cn (5 feet) high. It produces blue flower heads at the ends of branches.[3]

The epithet geraniifolia means "with leaves like those of a Geranium."

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chromolaena geraniifolia (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ↑ "Chromolaena geraniifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 Urban, Ignatz 1899. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 1: 458 in Latin
  4. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
  5. ↑ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 201
  6. ↑ Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
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