Asteraceae

Culcitium canescens Bonpl.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Culcitium

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Culcitium canescens: The heads of this giant, wooly aster at altitude in Parque los Nevados, Colombia. Known as Huira-huira to locals who collect it for an analgesic tea. In context — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carlo Brescia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.