8816.020 Chromolaena DC.

EUPATORIUM L.

Description of the genus

Scrambling, ± climbing shrub. Leaves opposite. Capitula discoid, 10-40-flowered in corymbs. Involucral bracts imbricate with a coloured apex. Receptacle flat or convex, sometimes with scales. Corolla white or pale blue. Achenes bristly, with (3-)5 ribs. Pappus of many persistent, capillary bristles.

Worldwide: 165 species in tropical and warm America; one species (odorata) a weed in the Old World

Kenya: 0 taxa.

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Flora of Angola: Chromolaena
Flora of Burundi: Chromolaena
Flora of the DRC: Chromolaena
Flora of Mozambique: Chromolaena
Flora of Rwanda: Chromolaena
Flora of Tanzania: Chromolaena
Flora of Uganda: Chromolaena
Flora of Zimbabwe: Chromolaena

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Chromolaena
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chromolaena
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chromolaena
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iNaturalist: Chromolaena
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chromolaena
JSTOR Plant Science: Chromolaena
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chromolaena
Plants of the World Online: Chromolaena
Tropicos: Chromolaena
Wikipedia: Chromolaena

Copyright: The Kenya flora team, 2026

The Kenya flora team (2026). Flora of Kenya: Genus page: Chromolaena.
https://www.kenyaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1589, retrieved 29 August 2026

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