Chromolaena trigonocarpa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Chromolaena

| species = trigonocarpa

| authority = (Griseb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-115989 The Plant List, Chromolaena impetiolaris (Griseb.) Nicolson ]

| synonyms = *Eupatorium trigonocarpum Griseb.

• Eupatorium vahlianum Urb. ex Duss

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Chromolaena trigonocarpa 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/38162151#page/377/mode/1up Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf 1861. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 357-358][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38162151#page/379/mode/1up Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf 1861. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 359] description in English, as Eupatorium trigonocarpum[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13040397#page/219/mode/1up King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest 1970. Phytologia 20: 207]

Chromolaena trigonocarpa is a branching shrub or subshrub with curved hairs on the stem. It has opposite leaves with teeth and a pointed tip. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.