Gallant Soldier
மூக்குத்தி
Galinsoga parviflora Cav.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Potato Weed, Galinsoga Weed, Small-Flowered Quickweed, Kew Weed, Smaal-Flowered Galinsoga
Formerly Adventina parviflora, Baziasa microglossa, Galinsoga acmella, Galinsoga hirsuta, and 8 more
When it flowers
Flowers January and March to November in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Arizona to Texas and Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 76 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
AcerolaFlowers February and December, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers February and December, when this does not
AshokaFlowers February and December, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers February and December, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers February and December, when this does not
Blue dazeFlowers February and December, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- German
- Kleinblütiges Knopfkraut, Franzosenkraut, Kleinblütiges Franzosenkraut
- Spanish
- Estrellita, Guasca, Amarilla, pakunka, hierba de cuy, burrionera, Killu sisu
- Portuguese
- Erva-da-moda, Guasca, Picão-branco
- Chinese
- 牛膝菊 辣子草 珍珠草, 小米菊, 辣子草
- French
- Galinsoge à petites fleurs, Galinsoga à petites fleurs, galinsoga glabre
- Czech
- pěťour malokvětý, pěťour maloúborný
- Danish
- Håret kortstråle, Håret Kortstråle
- Russian
- Галинсога мелкоцветковая, Галинзога мелкоцветковая
- Norwegian Bokmål
- peruskjellfrø
- Lithuanian
- Smulkiažiedė galinsoga
- Finnish
- tarhasaurikki
- Polish
- Żółtlica drobnokwiatowa
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- 3D model: Galinsoga parviflora (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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