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Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Galinsoga:

Galinsoga ciliata / Hakidamegiku

Galinsoga ciliata / Hakidamegiku ハキダメギク

 Galinsoga ciliata: An originating-in-tropical-America annual found first in Tokyo in the 1910s and 1920s, and has spread in various districts since then. The stems repeatedly bifurcate at intervals and grow to a height of 15-60cm. In an oval to oval-lanceolate shape, the leaves are opposite, with shallow, wavy margins. The upper part's branch tips bear a small, 5mm-diameter flower head with five white, ligulate flowers and numerous yellow, tubular flowers inside. Involucres are hemispherical, and the involucral bracts and peduncles have glandular hairs. Bloom time: June-November.