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Chromolaena odorata

devil weed

Extremely fast-growing shrub; OISC priority target on Oʻahu. Forms impenetrable thickets, highly flammable, and produces wind-dispersed seed in enormous quantities.

Chromolaena odorata is a tropical and subtropical species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is native to the Americas, from Florida and Texas in the United States south through Mexico and the Caribbean to South America. It has been introduced to tropical Asia, west Africa, and parts of Australia. Common names include Siam weed, Christmas bush, devil weed, camfhur grass, common floss flower and triffid.

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