- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Galinsoga Ruiz & Pav.
Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 40–4500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Pacunga pequeña
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Ecology
- Alt. 40 - 4500 m.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 40 - 4500 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cadillo de bestia, cominillo rosado, estrellita, florecilla, guasca, guascas, hierba de puerco, pacoyuyo, pan con queso, pan de queso, yerba de puerco, yuyo
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb 20–80 cm high; branches scabridulous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves petiolate, ovate, 2.5–7 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, base cuneate, margins crenate-serrate, apex acute, scabridulous to glabrous on both surfaces; 3-veined from base; petiole to 35 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula in few-headed cymes, terminal or in upper axils; involucre 2.6–3.5 mm long; phyllaries pilose to glabrous; paleae ciliolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Ray florets white, 4–5, the ray 1–1.6 mm long; disc florets greenish, 1.2–1.7 mm long, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes black, 1.5–1.7 mm long, pilose; pappus of ± 18 narrow scales, each with apical awn to 1.2 mm long.
- Habitat
- aste places, roadsides, gardens; 1200–1900 m
- Distribution
- K1 K3 K4 T3 U4 probably a widespread weed in Africa but often confused with G. parviflora
[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- An annual weed like the last (Gallinsoga parviflora) up to about 1 ft. high and distinctly more hairy.
[UPB]
- Use Food
- Food (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Gene Sources
- Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Oregon, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alberta, Angola, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Adventina ciliata Raf.
- Ageratum perplexans M.F.Johnson
- Baziasa urticifolia (Kunth) Steud.
- Galinsoga allaeocarpa Spreng.
- Galinsoga aristulata E.P.Bicknell
- Galinsoga bicolorata H.St.John & D.White
- Galinsoga brachystephana Regel
- Galinsoga caracasana (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Galinsoga ciliata (Raf.) S.F.Blake
- Galinsoga ciliata f. vargasiana (Thell.) Lousley
- Galinsoga eligulata Cuatrec.
- Galinsoga hispida Benth.
- Galinsoga humboldtii Hieron.
- Galinsoga parviflora var. caracasana (DC.) A.Gray
- Galinsoga parviflora var. hispida DC.
- Galinsoga parviflora subsp. hispida (DC.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Galinsoga plikeri Giacom.
- Galinsoga purpurea H.St.John & D.White
- Galinsoga quadriradiata f. albiflora Fenzl ex Thell.
- Galinsoga quadriradiata var. hispida (DC.) Thell.
- Galinsoga quadriradiata f. vargasiana Thell.
- Galinsoga urticifolia (Kunth) Benth.
- Jaegeria urticifolia (Kunth) Spreng.
- Sabazia urticifolia (Kunth) DC.
- Stemmatella lehmannii Hieron.
- Stemmatella urticifolia (Kunth) O.Hoffm. ex Hieron.
- Stemmatella urticifolia var. eglandulosa Hieron.
- Vargasia caracasana DC.
- Vasargia caracasana (DC.) Steud.
- Wiborgia brachystephana Heynh.
- Wiborgia urticifolia Kunth
- Spanish
- Pacunga pequeña.
Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 1, 2015 | Julius [FRI 57531], Malaya | K001045440 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Cheek, M. [9027], Cameroon | K000108762 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Cheek, M. [8315], Cameroon | K000108761 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [1561], Cameroon | K000108763 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1976 | Cuming [1028], Peru | K000373086 | syntype | Yes | |
Hinds [s.n.], Ecuador | K000009853 | lectotype | Yes | ||
Funell, N [341], Peru | K000373087 | Yes | |||
Jameson [206], Peru | K000373088 | Yes | |||
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [6969], Cameroon | K000052330 | No | |||
Boughey, A.S. [7031], Cameroon | K000052339 | No | |||
Brunt, M.A. [503], Cameroon | K000052341 | No | |||
Bauer, P.J. [8], Cameroon | K000052332 | No | |||
Dunlap [118], Cameroon | K000052337 | No | |||
Brenan, J.P.M. [9263], Cameroon | K000052334 | No | |||
Sousa, G. [326], Brazil | K001031675 | Yes | |||
Castellanos, A. [23214], Brazil | K001031676 | Yes | |||
Dalziel, J.M. [8228], Cameroon | K000052335 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [309], Cameroon | K000052336 | No | |||
Cope, T.A. [RBG 168], United Kingdom | K000914480 | Yes | |||
Morton, J.K. [11], Cameroon | K000052338 | No | |||
Migeod, F. W. H. [9], Cameroon | K000052340 | No | |||
Morton, J.K. [7094], Cameroon | K000052331 | No |
First published in Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 198 (1798)
Accepted by
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- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
- Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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