Chromolaena bigelovii
| Chromolaena bigelovii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chromolaena |
| Species: | C. bigelovii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromolaena bigelovii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
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Chromolaena bigelovii called Bigelow's false thoroughwort,[2] or Bigelow's thoroughwort,[3] is a North American species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí) and the US State of Texas.[2][4][5]
Chromolaena bigelovii is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. Flower heads are produced in groups of 3, but sometimes they grow one at a time. The heads contain blue or white disc florets but no ray florets.[2][6]
References[edit]
- ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena bigelovii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ a b c Flora of North America, Bigelow’s false thoroughwort, Chromolaena bigelovii (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chromolaena bigelovii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1859. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Botany 2(1): 75 in parallel English and Latin, as Eupatorium bigelovii
