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Asteraceae

False yellowhead

Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Dittrichia

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False yellowhead: Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris on the left), growing next to false yellowhead (Dittrichia viscosa - on the right). The false yellowhead is a native plant
Photo: Rickjpelleg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)
Arabic
طيون دبق, أينولا دبقة لزج, راش, طباق, طيون, عرق طيون
arz
طيون دبق
Catalan
Olivarda
Corsican
Pecita, Dittrichya viscosa, Pichita
Czech
Ditrichie lepkavá
English
False yellowhead
French
Inule visqueuse
Greek
Ακονυζιά
Hebrew
טיון דביק
Italian
Cupularia viscosa
kab
Amagraman
Polish
Omanowiec lepki
scn
Pulicara
Slovenian
Lepljiva ditrihovka
Welsh
Cedowydd prennaidd

Synonyms

  • Chrysocoma camphorata Robill. & Castagne
  • Chrysocoma saxatilis (Lam.) DC.
  • Chrysocoma verticalis Lag.
  • Conyza major Bubani
  • Erigeron viscosus L.
  • Inula viscosa (L.) Aiton
  • Inula viscosa subsp. viscosa
  • Inula viscosa var. mideltiana Batt.
  • Inula viscosa var. viscosa
  • Jacobaea viscosa (L.) Merino

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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.