Asteraceae
Spreading sneezeweed
Centipeda minima
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centipeda
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 吐金草, 地胡椒, 球子草, 石胡荽, 石胡荽（鹅不食草）, 石胡荽（鹅不食）, 鹅不食草, 鹅不食草/石胡荽
- English
- Spreading sneezeweed, Spreading sneeze weed, Sneeize-wort, Sneezweed
Synonyms
- Artemisia minima L.
- Artemisia orbicularis (Lour.) Roxb.
- Artemisia stemutatoria Roxb.
- Artemisia sternutatoria Roxb.
- Centipeda minima var. lanuginosa (DC.) Domin
- Centipeda minima var. minima
- Centipeda minuta (G.Forst.) C.B.Clarke
- Centipeda orbicularis Lour.
- Centipeda orbicularis var. lanuginosa (DC.) F.M.Bailey
- Centipeda orbicularis var. minuta (G.Forst.) F.M.Bailey
- Centipeda orbicularis var. orbicularis
- Cotula cuneifolia Willd.
- Cotula minima (L.) Willd.
- Cotula orbicularis Lour.
- Cotula sternutatoria (Roxb.) Wall. ex DC.
- Dichrocephala minima (L.) Bojer
- Dichrocephala minuta L'Hér. ex DC.
- Dichrocephala schmidii Wight
- Grangea chinensis Loudon
- Grangea cuneifolia (Willd.) Poir.
- Grangea decumbens Desf.
- Grangea minima (L.) Dum.Cours.
- Myriogyne minima (L.) Less. ex Seem.
- Myriogyne minuta (G.Forst.) Less.
- Myriogyne minuta var. lanuginosa DC.
- Sphaeromorphaea centipeda DC.
- Sphaeromorphaea russeliana var. glabrata DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October, December to April (from 54 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: James Hardee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Petra Holland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott W. Gavins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.