| Description | Shaggy Soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata) is a summer annual weed with small white flowers. Has a sprawling growth habit. |
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| Plant Type | Annuals, Weeds, Wild Flowers, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, disturbed soil |
| Temperature | summer annual |
| Flowers | small, borne at the end of hairy stalks, originating from leaf axils, usually 5 white notched petals (ray flowers), around a central dome of disk flowers, both disk and ray flowers are fertile |
| Fruit | achene |
| Leaves | simple, green opposite, pointed coarsely toothed |
| Stems | densely hairy, heavily branched, erect or sprawling |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | up to two feet tall, |
| Propagation | spreads by seeds |
| Misc Facts | (syn Galinsoga ciliata) AKA: Hairy Galinsoga, Quick Weed, Peruvian Daisy, Gallant Soldier. Potato Weed |
| Author's Notes | I had seen this plant before but never paid much attention to it. I found some growing in my vegetable garden and allowed them to grow for a photo opt. They were sprawling weedy plants. Probably will have many seedling next year because I allowed them to grow. |
| Notes & Reference | #153-Illinois Wild Flower (www.illinoiswildflowers.info), #191-Minnesota Wild Flowers (www.minnesotawildflowers.info) |
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