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Asteraceae

Heal and draw

Chaptalia nutans (L.) Pol.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Chaptalia

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Heal and draw (Chaptalia nutans)
FlowerPhoto: aacocucci, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Heal and draw
Quechua
Urqu wira-wira

Synonyms

  • Cacalia spatulata Sessé & Moc.
  • Chaptalia diversifolia Greene
  • Chaptalia ebracteata (Kuntze) K.Schum.
  • Chaptalia erosa Greene
  • Chaptalia majuscula Greene
  • Chaptalia nutans var. nutans
  • Chaptalia subcordata Greene
  • Gerbera nutans (L.) Sch.Bip.
  • Gerbera nutans var. leiocarpa M.Gómez
  • Gerbera nutans var. nutans
  • Leria lyrata (Pers.) Cass.
  • Leria nutans (L.) DC.
  • Leria nutans (L.) Kunth
  • Leria nutans var. nutans
  • Thyrsanthema ebracteata Kuntze
  • Thyrsanthema nutans (L.) Kuntze
  • Tussilago lyrata Pers.
  • Tussilago nutans L.
  • Tussilago vaccina Vell.

Flowers

In flower
March to January (from 89 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

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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.