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Chromolaena laevigata

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Lamarck) R.M. King & H. Robinson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Goias
• Minas Gerais
• Parana
• Piaui
• Mato Grosso
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Trinidad
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forest
• shrubland
• coastal
• riverside
• savanna
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Occasionally scandent shrub to 2m or tree with angulate branches. Serrate thick leaves. Terminal & axillary panicles, heads to 12mm long in dense corymbs of scented white, blue or purple flowers

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Standley