Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Galinsoga
Species
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Galinsoga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Members include Galinsoga parviflora, Galinsoga urticifolia, and Galinsoga quadriradiata.

Galinsoga parviflora was brought from Peru to Kew Gardens in 1796, and later escaped to the wild in Britain. In Britain its name Galinsoga is sometimes popularly rendered as "gallant soldiers", and then sometimes altered to "soldiers of the Queen".

G. quadriradiata (synonym G. ciliata) is sometimes called "shaggy soldiers".

[edit] References

• USDA plants database
• http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=40

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