- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Chromolaena DC.
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 5 - 2430 m.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
- Morphology General Habit
- Shrub.
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 5–2430 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Risaralda, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, Vichada.
- Habit
- Shrub.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[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
- balsilla, cadillo, jarilla, morada, rozavieja, salvia, salvia amarga, salvia blanca, salvia morada, sanalotodo, varejón, verbena arisca, verbena blanca
[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. 5 - 2430 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Arbusto
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Note
- A rank-scented weed.
- Morphology General Habit
- A diffuse shrub with angular pubescent branched stems up to about 8 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets white, mauve or pale blue in heads arranged in sub-umbellate inflorescences at the ends of short branches
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zaïre
- Chromolaena barranquillensis (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- Chromolaena clematitis (DC.) Pruski
- Chromolaena odorata f. squarrosa (Koster f.) Sunita Garg
- Chrysocoma volubilis Vell.
- Eupatorium atriplicifolium Vahl
- Eupatorium barranquillense Hieron.
- Eupatorium brachiatum Sw. ex Wikstr.
- Eupatorium clematitis DC.
- Eupatorium conyzoides Vahl
- Eupatorium conyzoides f. angustiflorum Cuatrec.
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. extensum Hieron.
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. floribundum (Kunth) Hieron.
- Eupatorium conyzoides f. glabratum Hassl.
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. glabrescens Steetz
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. heterolepis Griseb.
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. incanum Baker
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. maximiliani Baker
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. pauciflorum Baker
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. phyllocephalum Sch.Bip. ex Baker
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. scaberulum Hassl.
- Eupatorium conyzoides var. tambillense Hieron.
- Eupatorium divergens Less.
- Eupatorium floribundum Kunth
- Eupatorium graciliflorum DC.
- Eupatorium incisum A.Rich.
- Eupatorium klattii Millsp.
- Eupatorium odoratum L.
- Eupatorium odoratum var. brachiatum (Sw. ex Wikstr.) DC.
- Eupatorium odoratum var. cubense DC.
- Eupatorium odoratum var. mallotophyllum B.L.Rob.
- Eupatorium odoratum var. pauciflorum (Baker) Hieron.
- Eupatorium odoratum f. scandens Kuntze
- Eupatorium sabeanum Buckley
- Eupatorium stigmatosum Meyen & Walp.
- Osmia atriplicifolia Sch.Bip.
- Osmia clematitis (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Osmia conyzoides Small
- Osmia divergens (Less.) Sch.Bip.
- Osmia floribunda (Kunth) Sch.Bip.
- Osmia graciliflora (DC.) Sch.Bip.
- Osmia odorata (L.) Sch.Bip.
Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 1, 2015 | Simaga [09729B], Papua New Guinea | K001045466 | No | ||
Jun 1, 2015 | Hassler, E. [11859], Paraguay | K001089826 | isotype | Yes | |
Apr 1, 2013 | Prance, G.T. [9892], Brazil | K000940191 | Yes | ||
Jun 1, 2009 | Ismail [29], Malaysia | K000610776 | No | ||
Mar 1, 2009 | Jansen-Jacobs, M.J. et al [6642], Surinam | K000373269 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Chan [FRI 49280], Peninsular Malaysia | K000575518 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Phoon, S.N. [FRI 53202], Peninsular Malaysia | K000575519 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Zappi, D.C. [1427], Mato Grosso | K000579641 | No | ||
Feb 1, 2008 | Ambriansyah, A. et al. [3074], Kalimantan | K000512328 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Lane, P. [276], Cameroon | K000108768 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Gosline, G. [169], Cameroon | K000108641 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Etuge, M. [1557], Cameroon | K000108642 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2001 | Cheek, M. [8977], Cameroon | K000108769 | No | ||
Jul 1, 1993 | Spruce, R. [230], Brazil | K001058963 | Yes | ||
Feb 1, 1992 | Hind, D.J.N. [35], Bahia | K000069575 | No | ||
Feb 1, 1992 | Hind, D.J.N. [35], Bahia | K000069574 | No | ||
May 1, 1989 | Harley, R.M. [25177], Brazil | K000940190 | Yes | ||
Mar 28, 1989 | Hoehne, W. [1633], Brazil | K000940189 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1987 | Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4870], Brazil | K000940194 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1979 | Araujo, D. [1187], Brazil | K000940188 | Yes | ||
Hatschbach, G. [56994], Bahia | K000069576 | Yes | |||
Mori, S.A. [13943], Bahia | K000069578 | No | |||
King, R.M. [8053], Bahia | K000069579 | No | |||
Luschnath [s.n.], Bahia | K000069580 | No | |||
Tweedie [s.n.], Buenos Aires | K000486876 | Yes | |||
Lorentz, P.G. [202], Tucumán | K000486877 | Yes | |||
Archer, W.A. [7804], Brazil | K000940192 | Yes | |||
Dusén, P. [14683], Brazil | K000940187 | Yes | |||
Pires, J.M. [s.n.], Brazil | K000940196 | Yes | |||
Salzmann, P. [14], Brazil | K000069583 | No | |||
Mori, S.A. [14427], Bahia | K000069581 | No | |||
André, E.F. [K1166], Colombia | K000486899 | Yes | |||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | K000069584 | Yes | |||
Luschnath [s.n.], Bahia | K000069582 | No | |||
Glocker [57], Bahia | K000069585 | No | |||
Salzmann, P. [14], Brazil | K000069586 | No | |||
Ule, E. [9902], Brazil | K000940195 | Yes | |||
Allen, C.K. [2705], Brazil | K000940197 | Yes | |||
Harley, R.M. [22009], Bahia | K000069577 | No | |||
Traill, J.W.H. [461], Brazil | K000940198 | Yes | |||
Hunt, D.R. [6029], Brazil | K000940193 | Yes | |||
March [1192], Jamaica | K000486838 | Yes | |||
Wright, C. [294], Cuba | K000486839 | Yes | |||
Bolivia, Colombia | K001483747 | Yes | |||
Bolivia, Colombia | K001483748 | Yes | |||
Bolivia, Colombia | K001483749 | Yes | |||
Bolivia, Colombia | K001483750 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483752 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483753 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483754 | Yes | |||
Triana, J. [1214] | K001483755 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483756 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483757 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483758 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483759 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483760 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483761 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483762 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483763 | Yes | |||
Colombia | K001483764 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483765 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483766 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483767 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483768 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483769 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483770 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483771 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483772 | Yes | |||
Ecuador | K001483773 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483774 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483775 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483776 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483777 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483778 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483779 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483780 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483781 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483782 | Yes | |||
Panama | K001483783 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483784 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483785 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483786 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483787 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483788 | Yes | |||
Panama & Cocos Is. | K001483789 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483790 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483791 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483792 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483793 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483794 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483795 | Yes | |||
Peru | K001483796 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483797 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483798 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483799 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483800 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483801 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483802 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483803 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483804 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483805 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483806 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483807 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483808 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483809 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483810 | Yes | |||
Venezuela | K001483811 | Yes | |||
Lehmann, F.C. [7953], Colombia | Chromolaena barranquillensis | K000486768 | Yes |
First published in Phytologia 20: 204 (1970)
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