Galinsoga parviflora Cav.

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Galinsoga// Species: Galinsoga parviflora Cav.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from New Mexico (USA) and Mexico to Tropical America according to the according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). Introduced in the rest of the world (North America, most of Europe, parts of Asia, parts of Africa and Australia).

Habitat: Usually on disturbed ground- near roads, orchards, cultivated land, wastelands, settlements.

Flowering period: Summer – autumn (JUL, AUG, SEP).

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Galinsoga parviflora Cav. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208554-1 [Accessed 30.08.2021].