Asteraceae
Blow wives
Achyrachaena mollis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Achyrachaena
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Common names
By language (6)
- Azerbaijani
- Achyrachaena
- Croatian
- Achyrachaena
- English
- Blow wives
- Lithuanian
- Achyrachaena
- Portuguese
- Achyrachaena
- Spanish
- Achyrachaena
Synonyms
- Lepidostephanus madioides Bartl.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 341 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Dodge, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vultur-cadens, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: George Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chuck Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Allison Gong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Barbara Banfield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elf, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.