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Gallant soldier

Galinsoga

Also called Peruvian Daisy, Gallant Soldiers, Quickweed, Galinsogas

Gallant soldier
Photo: Juni from Kyoto, Japan, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)

About

Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North and South America and the West Indies, and naturalized in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

The name Galinsoga was dedicated to Ignacio Mariano Martinez de Galinsoga, who founded the Spanish Real Academia Nacional de Medicina and was director of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.

Other Galinsoga plants

Galinsoga boliviensis · Galinsoga caligensis · Galinsoga longipes · Composite · Galinsoga mollis · Gallant soldier · Shaggy soldier · Galinsoga spellenbergii · Galinsoga subdiscoidea · Galinsoga triradiata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Galinsoga by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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