- Galinsoga
Taxobox
name = "Galinsoga"
image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Galinsoga quadriradiata "
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
genus = "Galinsoga"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text"Galinsoga" is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae . Members include "Galinsoga parviflora ", "Galinsoga urticifolia ", and "Galinsoga quadriradiata "."Galinsoga parviflora" was brought from
Peru toKew Gardens in 1796, and later escaped to the wild in Britain. In Britain its name "Galinsoga" is sometimes popularly rendered as "gallant soldiers", and then sometimes altered to "soldiers of the Queen"."G. quadriradiata" (synonym "G. ciliata") is sometimes called "shaggy soldiers".
References
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=GALIN&display=63 USDA plants database]
* http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=40
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