Chromolaena ivifolia called ivy-leaf false thoroughwort, or ivyleaf thoroughwort, is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America and South America, from the south-eastern United States (eastern Texas, Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and Florida) to Argentina.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ivyleaf Thoroughwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chromolaena laevigata
- Chromolaena arnottiana
- Chromolaena christieana
- Chromolaena hirsuta
- Chromolaena pedunculosa
- Fleischmannia prasiifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Chromolaena
- Species
- Chromolaena ivifolia
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