| Author | Cavanilles | |
| Distribution | Mountains only, with a gap that likely will be filled with additional collecting. First collected in 1932 in Transylvania County and 1935 in Haywood County.
Native of Central and South America; in N.A. scattered across much of the U.S. and southern Canada. | |
| Abundance | Rare. | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field, open slope, near river, waste lot. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-November. | |
| Identification | The 2 species of Galinsoga have heads like tiny daisies -- yellow disk and very short white rays. The leaves are opposite, ovate to broadly lanceolate on short stalks, the margins toothed. G. quadriradiata differs in its longer ray florets (2-3 mm long vs. usually less than 1.5 mm and a maximum of 2 mm long), plus other characters -- see the Weakley (2018) key. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | UPL link |
| USACE-emp | UPL link |
