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Galinsoga parviflora Cav.

Flora Europaea annual, 2n=16, diploid segetal plant from the steppe zone up to the upper nemoral belt Neotropical at its origins, now a cosmopolitan species Panico-Setarion, Brachyaction clilatae, Chenopodietalia albi R87 habitats (segetal)     A very common segetal weed of a South American origin and with a passionating history of invasion. Also a good example of a tremendous reproductive power at a R-strategist species (both sexual and vegetative). Floresti, Cluj county, August 2009 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com