Asteraceae FAMILY

Galinsoga parviflora

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is considered to be poisonous to goats[ 272 Title Plants and People of Nepal Publication Author Manandhar. N. P. Publisher Timber Press. Oregon. Year 2002 ISBN 0-88192-527-6 Description Excellent book, covering over 1,500 species of useful plants from Nepal together with information on the geography and peoples of Nepal. Good descriptions of the plants with terse notes on their uses. ].

Botanical Description

Galinsoga parviflora is a slender, annual plant growing from 20 - 70cm tall. The edible leaves are sometimes gathered from the wild and consumed locally, the plant also has medicinal applications. A prolific seeder, often producing several thousand per plant, it can complete a life cycle (germination to shedding of seeds) in as little as 50 days[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ]. Viable seeds may be produced when the plant is only a few cm high. These seeds may germinate readily after falling to the ground. The plants grow best in moist conditions and can become very numerous under irrigation or in year-round rainfall conditions in the tropics[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeSouthern and western S. America from Chile and Argentina to Venezuela; Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico to New Mexico; Caribbean

HabitatArable land, waste places, pavements in towns etc[ 9 Title Edible and Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Launert. E. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Description Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ], often in partial shade[ 85 Title Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. Publication Author Harrington. H. D. Publisher University of New Mexico Press Year 1967 ISBN 0-8623-0343-9 Description A superb book. Very readable, it gives the results of the authors experiments with native edible plants. ]. Disturbed soils, fields, orchards, gardens, lawns, roadsides from sea level to 2300 metres in N. America[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].