Family: Asteraceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical/subtropical climates.
  
• Introduced to regions outside its native range.
  
• Other species in its genus are invasive.
  
• Seeds may be dispersed by wind or attachment.

Low Risk Traits:

• Not toxic, thorny, or allelopathic.
  
• Does not form dense or smothering thickets.
  
• Considered uncommon and non-aggressive in its native habitat.