Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Neurolaena lobata (L.) Cass.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems somewhat woody, erect, usually much branched, 1.5-3 m. high, appressed-pubescent and scabrous. Leaves lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent and scabrous, dentate, denticulate or variously lobed, acuminate at the apex, narowed at the base, the lower up to 3 dm. long and petioled, the upper much smaller, sessile or nearly so; corymbs terminal, often 8 cm. broad or more; peduncles rather slender, bracted, pubescent; involucre 6-8 mm. high, its bracts oblong, pubescent, 3-nerved, the outer shorter than the inner; achenes pubescent; pappus brownish-white.

  • Distribution

    Thickets at Red Bays, Andros : Cuba to St. Thomas and to Trinidad ; Jamaica ; continental tropical America.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|