Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galinsoga quadriradiata
hierba de cuy, hierba pajarito, estrellita, French-weed, hairy galinsoga































Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Galinsoga
Species
quadriradiata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Galinsoga caracasana (DC.) Sch.Bip., G. urticaefolia
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1974
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Flores, E. (1985) Censo de Plantas Introducidas desde el Canal de Itabaca hasta Puerto Ayora. Tesis de Ingeniero Forestal, Univ. Técnica Luis Vargas Torres, Esmeraldas: 1-132.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Hamann, O. (1979) Taxonomic and floristic notes from the Galapagos Island. Bot. Notiser 132: 435-440.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Van der Werff, H.H. (1977) Vascular plants from the Galápagos Islands: new records and taxonomic notes. Bot. Notiser 130(1): 89-100.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galinsoga quadriradiata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=316. Accessed 31 October 2026.