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

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. ^ a b c Flora of North America, Bigelow’s false thoroughwort, Chromolaena bigelovii (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson
  3. ^ NRCS. "Chromolaena bigelovii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromolaena_bigelovii
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