Taxon: Flaveria trinervia (Spreng.) C. Mohr

Summary

Genus:

Flaveria

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Tageteae

Nomen number:

417517

Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6:810. 1901

Verified:

08/08/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Oedera trinervia Spreng.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Flaveria australasica Hook.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Bean, A. R. 2009. The Australian Flaveria (Asteraceae): its correct name and origin status. Newslett. Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. 140:2-3.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Breedlove, D. E., ed. 1981-. Flora of Chiapas.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	clustered yellowtops		1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	speedyweed	as Flaveria australasica	1	Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. Note: as Flaveria australasica
English	yellow twinstem	as Flaveria australasica	1	Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. Note: as Flaveria australasica
Portuguese (Brazil)	flaveria	as Flaveria australasica	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatán		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Goiás		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais		Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas			Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados			Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands			Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Turks and Caicos Islands			McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Arequipa		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
3	Adventive	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Eritrea			Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Ethiopia			Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northeast Tropical Africa	Somalia			Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia			Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius			Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Oman			Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia			Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Yemen			Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq			Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Andhra Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Gujarat		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Madhya Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Rajasthan		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Tamil Nadu		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	West Bengal		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia		Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, Yucatán, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Goiás, Minas Gerais]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru [Arequipa]

Adventive
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus

Naturalized
Africa

NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Zambia, Zimbabwe
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
WESTERN ASIA: Iraq

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal]

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory]

Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Massachusetts]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Missouri]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Virginia]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
Ghazanfar, S. A. 1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
McKown, A. D. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of Flaveria (Asteraceae) and inference of C4 photosynthesis evolution. Amer. J. Bot. 92:1912.
Migahid, A. M. 1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Powell, A. M. 1978. Systematics of Flaveria (Flaveriinae-Asteraceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65:628-629.
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Weed	seed contaminant	potential; as Flaveria australasica	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: as Flaveria australasica

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=417517. Accessed 21 October 2026.