Asteraceae
Little ironweed
Cyanthillium cinereum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Cyanthillium
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Common names
By language (16)
- ace
- Seuriba
- Bangla
- কুকসিমা, একটি ভেষজ বিরুৎ।
- Burmese
- ကဒူးပြန်
- Chinese
- 夜香牛, 伤寒草, 假咸虾花, 冀核果, 寄色草, 拐棍参, 染色草, 消山虎
- dag
- Nagiyem
- Dutch
- Dạ hương ngưu
- English
- Little ironweed, Poovamkurunnila, An herbal herb., Blue fleabane, Strongman-bush
- gor
- Po'oyoto
- Japanese
- ムラサキムカシヨモギ
- Malay
- Pokok Tambak Bukit
- Malayalam
- പൂവാംകുറുന്തൽ, പൂവാംകുരുന്നില
- Marathi
- सहदेवी
- Sinhala
- මොණර කුඩුම්බිය
- Thai
- หญ้าละออง, หมอน้อย
- Tongan
- Fisipuna
- Vietnamese
- Dạ hương ngưu
Synonyms
- Blumea esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Cacalia cinerea Kuntze
- Cacalia erigerodes Kuntze
- Cacalia linifolia B.Heyne ex DC.
- Cacalia rotundifolia Willd.
- Calea cordata Lour.
- Cassinia laevis Endl. ex DC.
- Cassinia longifolia R.Br.
- Cassinia longifolia var. longifolia
- Cassinia longifolia var. straminea Benth.
- Chrysocoma violacea Schumach. & Thonn.
- Cineraria glaberrima Spreng. ex DC.
- Conyza cinerea L.
- Conyza heterophylla Lam.
- Conyza incana B.Heyne ex DC.
- Conyza ivifolia Burm.f.
- Conyza mollis Willd.
- Conyza prolifera Lam.
- Crassocephalum flatmense Hochst. & Steud. ex DC.
- Cyanopis decurrens Zoll. & Mor.
- Cyanopis erigeroides DC.
- Cyanopis erigeroides var. erigeroides
- Cyanopsis decurrens Zoll. & Moritzi
- Eupatorium arboreum Reinw. ex de Vriese
- Eupatorium arboreum Reinw. ex Vriese
- Eupatorium myosotifolium Jacq.
- Eupatorium sinuatum Lour.
- Leveillea chinensis Vaniot
- Pteronia tomentosa Lour.
- Seneciodes cinereum (L.) Kuntze
- Serratula cinerea Roxb.
- Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less.
- Vernonia cinerea subsp. vialis (DC.) Humbert
- Vernonia cinerea var. antoniensis (L.) Bolle
- Vernonia cinerea var. cinerea
- Vernonia cinerea var. lentii (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey
- Vernonia cinerea var. ludens C.B.Clarke
- Vernonia cinerea var. montana C.B.Clarke
- Vernonia cinerea var. parviflora (Reinw. ex Blume) DC.
- Vernonia cyanonioides Walp.
and 13 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sayan Sanyal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anidebo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, 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.