Erechtites valerianifolius

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Erechtites valerianifolius
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erechtites
Species:
E. valerianifolius
Binomial name
Erechtites valerianifolius
(Link ex Spreng.) DC
Synonyms [1]
  • Senecio valerianaefoliaLink ex Spreng.
  • Senecio valerianaefoliusLink ex Spreng.
  • Senecio valerianifoliusLink ex Spreng.
  • Crassocephalum valerianifolium(Link ex Spreng.) Less.

Erechtites valerianifolius, common name tropical burnweed [2] is a New World species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] It is also naturalized as a weed in much of the tropical Old World. [9]

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Description

Erechtites valerianifolius is an annual herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves have long petioles with narrow wings along the sides, bearing oblong or elliptical blades with many pinnate lobes. One plant can produce many yellow or purple flower heads, each with both disc florets and ray florets. [9]

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References

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  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Erechtites valerianifolius". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
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  5. Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
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  7. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326.
  8. Tropicos, specimen listing for Erechtites valerianifolius (Link ex Spreng.) DC.
  9. 1 2 Flora of China, 败酱叶菊芹 bai jiang ye ju qin 1838. Erechtites valerianifolius (Link ex Sprengel) Candolle, Prodr. 6: 295. 1838.