Asteraceae
Lilac tasselflower
Emilia sonchifolia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Emilia
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Common names
By language (16)
- Cantonese
- 一點紅
- Chinese
- 一点红, 一點紅, 紫背草, 叶下红, 片红青, 牛奶奶, 紫背叶, 红头草
- English
- Lilac tasselflower
- Finnish
- Valvattiemilia
- Indonesian
- Tempuh wiyang
- mad
- Rebbhâ sarap
- Malay
- Pokok Kemandilan
- Malayalam
- മുയൽ ചെവിയൻ, മുയൽച്ചെവിയൻ
- Nepali
- चौलाने झार
- Portuguese
- Serralhinha
- pwn
- Kamutu
- Sundanese
- Jongé
- Tamil
- சுவர் முள்ளங்கி
- Thai
- หูปลาช่อน
- Vietnamese
- Rau má lá rau muống
- za
- Golizlungz
Synonyms
- Cacalia sonchifolia L.
- Crassocephalum sonchifolium Less.
- Emilia purpurea Cass.
- Emilia rigidula DC.
- Emilia sinica Miq.
- Emilia sonchifolia var. typica Domin
- Gynura ecalyculata DC.
- Senecio sonchifolius Moench
- Senecio sonchifolius var. bogorensis Hochr.
- Senecio sonchifolius var. sonchifolius
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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: 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: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.