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Conyza aegyptiaca
(L.) Aiton, Asteraceae
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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Erigeron aegyptiacus L.

Habit:  herb

Description:  "Annual erect herb up to 80 cm high. Stems rather thick, branching, striate, densely villous. Lower cauline leaves withering, the median many, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, pinnatifid to coarsely toothed tapering to amplexicaul base, densely long-villous, appearing grayish green. Inflorescence corymbose with long branches; heads terminal on peduncles 1-5 cm long, villous, about 1.5cm wide, with abundant prominent white or sordid pappus; involucral bracts many,4-seriate, linear, long-attenuate, hyaline-margined, green and densely villous along middle; ray flowers many, pistillate, with long capillary corolla half as long as the style, hidden in the abundant pappus, the disc flowers relatively few, fertile, with tubular enlarged 5-fid corolla, puberulent; receptacle depressed-globose about 2.5 mm wide. Achenes oblong, 0.5 mm long; pappus 1-seriate, the hairs coherent at base" (Walker, 1976; p. 1025).

Habitat/ecology:  A weed of waste places (Walker, 1976; p. 1025). In Papua New Guinea, "a weed of roadsides and gardens; also in natural habitats - grassland, earthslips" (Henty & Pritchard, 1975; p. 66).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Africa and south Asia; naturalized elsewhere (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. &
Island group
Location Cited status &
Cited as invasive &
Cited as cultivated &
Cited as aboriginal introduction?
Reference &
Comments
New Caledonia
Îles Loyauté (Loyalte Islands)
Îles Loyauté (Loyalty Islands) introduced
invasive
Tassin, Jacques (2005)
New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago
Île Grande Terre introduced
invasive
Tassin, Jacques (2005)
New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago
Île Grande Terre introduced
invasive
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 33)
Vouchers cited: Védel s.n., Pancher 406, Pancher 459, Vieillard 2818, Vieillard 2832, Balansa 13
New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago
Île des Pins (Isle of Pines) introduced
invasive
Tassin, Jacques (2005)
New Caledonia
New Caledonia Archipelago
Île des Pins (Isle of Pines) introduced
invasive
MacKee, H. S. (1994) (p. 33)
Voucher cited: Pancher 459
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island)
Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island) introduced
invasive
Henty, E. E./Pritchard, G. H. (1975) (p. 66)
From 1200-3000 m, widely spread but not yet common.
Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. &
Island group
Location Cited status &
Cited as invasive &
Cited as cultivated &
Cited as aboriginal introduction?
Reference &
Comments
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands introduced
invasive
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Naturalized
Taiwan
Taiwan Island
Taiwan Island native
Ching-I Peng, ed. (2013)
"Coastal regions and waste ground, in sunny situations, not collected for more 70 years".
Indian Ocean
Country/Terr./St. &
Island group
Location Cited status &
Cited as invasive &
Cited as cultivated &
Cited as aboriginal introduction?
Reference &
Comments
La Réunion (France)
La Réunion Island
La Réunion Island native
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Mauritius
Mautitius Islands (Mauritius and Rodrigues)
Mauritius Island native
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Conyza aegyptiaca, please let us know.


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This page was created on 24 SEP 2002 and was last updated on 14 MAR 2013.