Galinsoga parviflora

Species category

Weed

Common name

gallant soldier, small-flower galinsoga, littleflower quickweed, gallant-soldier, gallantsoldier

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

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 1 mm 
  • Width 0.5 mm 
  • Thickness 0.5 mm 

Color

Black

Texture

Rough

Other structures

Feathery pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
radiating out from 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.
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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 feathery with minute hairs along their margins.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Alaska

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Galinsoga parviflora Cav.

Synonyms

Galinsoga parviflora Cav. var. parviflora
Galinsoga parviflora Cav. var. semicalva A. Gray
Galinsoga semicalva (A. Gray) H. St. John & D. White
Galinsoga semicalva (A. Gray) H. St. John & D. White var. percalva S.F. Blake

 Galinsoga parviflora.  Achenes with feathery pappus units with minute hairs along their margins.
Galinsoga parviflora. Achenes with feathery pappus units with minute hairs along their margins.