Galinsoga quadriradiata

Species category

Weed

Common name

shaggy soldier, fringed quickweed

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

Conical

Size

  • Length 1.2–1.5 mm
  • Width 0.6–0.8 mm
  • Thickness 0.6–0.8 mm

Color

Black

Texture

Covered with short appressedAppressed:
Pressed close or lying flat against something.
hairs

Other structures

PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
is spreading and feathery.

Identification notes

PappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
units are white and bristly at their terminal ends.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Galinsoga quadriradiata Cav.

Synonyms

Galinsoga aristulata E.P. Bicknell
Galinsoga bicolorata H. St. John & D. White
Galinsoga caracasana (DC.) Sch. Bip.
Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) S.F. Blake

 Galinsoga quadriradiata.  Achenes with white, bristly pappus units at the terminal ends.
Galinsoga quadriradiata. Achenes with white, bristly pappus units at the terminal ends.