Asteraceae
Red dahlia
Dahlia coccinea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dahlia
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- داليا كوكينيا
- Chinese
- 红大丽花
- Czech
- Jiřinka šarlatová, Jiřina šarlatová
- English
- Red dahlia, D. coccinea, Red dahlias
- German
- Scharlach-Dahlie
- Persian
- کوکب سرخ
Synonyms
- Bidens cervantesii B.D.Jacks.
- Bidens coccinea (Cav.) Baill.
- Dahlia acutiflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Dahlia bidentifolia Salisb.
- Dahlia cervantesii (Sweet) Lag.
- Dahlia cervantesii (Lag. ex Sweet) Lag. ex DC.
- Dahlia chisholmi Rose
- Dahlia coccinea var. coccinea
- Dahlia coccinea var. palmeri Sherff
- Dahlia coccinea var. steyermarkii Sherff
- Dahlia coronata hort. ex Sprague
- Dahlia crocata Lag.
- Dahlia crocea var. coccinea (Cav.) Poir.
- Dahlia crocea var. flava (Willd.) Poir.
- Dahlia frustranea W.T.Aiton
- Dahlia gentryi Sherff
- Dahlia gracilis Ortg.
- Dahlia jaurezii Van der Berg
- Dahlia lutea Van der Berg
- Dahlia pinnata var. cervantesii (Sweet) Voss
- Dahlia pinnata var. coccinea (Cav.) Voss
- Dahlia pinnata var. gracilis (Ortgies) Voss
- Dahlia popenovii Saff.
- Georgina cervantesii Sweet
- Georgina coccinea (Cav.) Willd.
- Georgina coccinea var. crocea Willd.
- Georgina coccinea var. flava Willd.
- Georgina crocata Sweet
- Georgina frustranea DC.
- Georgina frustranea var. coccinea (Cav.) DC.
- Georgina frustranea var. flava (Willd.) DC.
- Georgina frustranea var. frustranea
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 672 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jose Enrique, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Irving Merino, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jena Rosado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.