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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species:
C. bigelovii
Binomial name
Chromolaena bigelovii
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium bigelovii A.Gray
  • Eupatorium madrense S.Watson
  • Eupatorium turbinatum A.Gray

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

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  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. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Chromolaena bigelovii​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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