Chromolaena macrodon

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Chromolaena

| species = macrodon

| authority = (DC.) Nicolson

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-43214 The Plant List, Chromolaena macrodon (DC.) Nicolson ]

| synonyms =

• Eupatorium macrodon DC.
• Osmia macrodon (DC.) Sch. Bip.

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Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151580#page/150/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 145] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13152311#page/10/mode/1up Nicolson, Dan Henry 1987. Phytologia 62: 164][http://ecflora.cavehill.uwi.edu/plantdetails.php?pid=274&sn=Chromolaena+macrodon&cn=&gh=shrub Plants of the Eastern Caribbean]

Chromolaena macrodon is a shrub lacking hairs on its herbage. It has opposite leaves with distinct petioles but without glands on the blades. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.