Chromolaena sagittata explained

Chromolaena sagittata is a Mexican species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found in western Mexico, in the states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Baja California Sur.^[1]

Chromolaena sagittata is an herb with opposite, arrow-shaped leaves about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long.^[2]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical, collected in 1848, type specimen of Chromolaena sagittata/Eupatorium sagittatum

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32449457#page/472/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 88, in footnote