Chromolaena bigelovii

Chromolaena bigelovii called Bigelow's false thoroughwort,[2] or Bigelow's thoroughwort,[3] is a North American species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí) and the US State of Texas.[2][4][5]

Chromolaena bigelovii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species:
C. bigelovii
Binomial name
Chromolaena bigelovii
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium bigelovii A.Gray
  • Eupatorium madrense S.Watson
  • Eupatorium turbinatum A.Gray

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
  1. The Plant List, Chromolaena bigelovii (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. Flora of North America, Bigelow’s false thoroughwort, Chromolaena bigelovii (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson
  3. "Chromolaena bigelovii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. 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
  6. Gray, Asa. 1859. Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Botany 2(1): 75 in parallel English and Latin, as Eupatorium bigelovii
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