Chromolaena geraniifolia, the geraniumleaf thoroughwort,[2] is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.[3][4][5][6]
| Chromolaena geraniifolia | |
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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. geraniifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromolaena geraniifolia (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
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Chromolaena geraniifolia is a shrub up to 150 cm (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
edit- ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena geraniifolia (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chromolaena geraniifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b Urban, Ignatz 1899. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 1: 458 in Latin
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
- ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 201
- ^ Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.