Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Gallant Soldier, Galinsoga parviflora

Gallant Soldier
Galinsoga parviflora
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: May-October. Annual. Introduced.

Small flowers with golden-yellow centres and 5 white rays with 3 teeth. Short-stalked leaves are opposite, oval and toothed. A variably more/less hairy plant with branched stems. Height to 70cm but often much smaller

Infrequent but increasing on disturbed waste and arable ground, in gardens and on pavements.

Similar: Shaggy Soldier, Galinsoga quadriradiata is very difficult to distinguish from Gallant Soldier.


Gallant Soldier, Galinsoga parviflora

Gallant Soldier, Galinsoga parviflora
Gallant Soldier, Galinsoga parviflora

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