Chromolaena sagittata is a Mexican species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found in western Mexico, in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Baja California Sur.[2]

Chromolaena sagittata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species:
C. sagittata
Binomial name
Chromolaena sagittata
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium sagittatum A.Gray

Chromolaena sagittata is an herb with opposite, arrow-shaped leaves about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena sagittata (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 88, in footnote parallel English and Latin, as Eupatorium sagittatum
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