Family: Asteraceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
The West Indies (Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Bahamas?), North America, Mexico and Central America; now a weed throughout much of the world.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
Although cited as native to the West Indies in the Flora of the West Indies (see link below), Correll & Correll (1982) described it as native to temperate North America and an introduced weed elsewhere.
For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Conzya canadensis var.
pusilla, Leptilon pusillum.
