| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz López et Pavón |
| Synonyms | Adventina ciliata Rafinesque; Ageratum perplexans M. F. Johnson; Baziasa urticifolia (Kunth) Steudel; Galinsoga aristulata E. P. Bicknell; Galinsoga bicolorata H. St. John & D. White; Galinsoga brachystephana Otto ex Heer & Regel; Galinsoga caracasana (de Candolle) Schultz Bipontinus; Galinsoga ciliata (Rafinesque) S. F. Blake; Galinsoga ciliata (Rafinesque) S. F. Blake forma vargasiana (Thellung) Lousley; Galinsoga eligulata Cuatrecasas; Galinsoga hispida Bentham; Galinsoga hispida (de Candolle) Hieronymus; Galinsoga hispida Bentham, var. purpurascens Fenzl; Galinsoga humboldtii Hieronymus; Galinsoga parviflora Cavanilles forma discoidea Thellung; Galinsoga parviflora Cavanilles var. caracasana (de Candolle) A. Gray; Galinsoga parviflora Cavanilles var. hispida de Candolle; Galinsoga parviflora Cavanilles var. quadriradiata (Ruiz López et Pavón) Poiret; Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz López et Pavón forma albiflora Fenzl ex Thellung; Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz López et Pavón forma purpurascens (Fenzl) Thellung; Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz López et Pavón forma vargasiana Thellung; Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz López et Pavón var. hispida (de Candolle) Thellung; Galinsoga urticifolia (Kunth) Bentham; Jaegeria urticifolia (Kunth) Sprengel; Sabazia urticifolia (Kunth) de Candolle; Sabazia urticifolia (Kunth) de Candolle var. venezuelensis Steyermark; Stemmatella lehmanii Hieronymus; Stemmatella urticifolia (Kunth) O. Hoffmann ex Hieronymus; Stemmatella urticifolia (Kunth) O. Hoffmann ex Hieronymus var. eglandulosa Hieronymus; Vargasia caracasana (de Candolle) Steudel; Wiborgia urticifolia Kunth |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hakidame-giku [rubbish heap daisy] |
| (English common name) shaggy soldier, four-pointed galinsoga, hairy galinsoga, French weed | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Mexico and tropical America | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=32 |
| Description | Plants 15-60cm. Leaves 3-6cm length, 1.5-4cm width. Flowers capitulums 5mm, flowering in June to November. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. |
| Galinsoga quadriradiata Ruiz & Pav. | |
| Inhibitors of extracellular proteases (European Patent EP1370272/2003) | |
| Note | Naturalaized plants (first reported in 1932). |
| October 2007 at rice paddy |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
| October 2006 at roadside |
October 2007 at rice paddy |
| October 2006 at roadside |