''Galinsoga macrocephala'' is a South American species of flowering plant in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It has been found only in

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

.Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1979. Phytologia 44: 429
description in Latin, commentary in English

Description

''Galinsoga macrocephala'' is a branching annual herb up to 30 (12 inches) tall. Stems are purple with white hairs. Leaves are opposite, egg-shaped, up to long. Flower heads are somewhat larger than in many related species, about across. Each head has about 14 reddish-purple ray flowers surrounding about 25 yellow disc flowers.

References

* macrocephala Flora of Venezuela Plants described in 1798 {{Asteroideae-stub