Asteraceae

Tropical burnweed

Erechtites valerianifolius (Wolf) DC.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erechtites

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Tropical burnweed (Erechtites valerianifolius) — FlowerPhoto: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 敗醬葉菊芹, 败酱叶菊芹, 飛機草, 飞机草
English: Tropical burnweed
Portuguese: Capiçova

Synonyms

Crassocephalum valerianifolium (Link ex Wolf) Less.
Erechtites ambiguus DC.
Erechtites organensis Gardner
Erechtites valerianifolia f. depauperata Hochr.
Eupatorium angosturae Pol.
Gynura rosea Ridl.
Senecio crassus Vell.
Senecio paludicola Steud.
Senecio palustris Vell.
Senecio valerianifolius Rchb.
Senecio valerianifolius Desf.
Senecio valerianifolius Gardner
Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Natasha Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fernando Junior, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: @mattos.da.terra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: amystoso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Matthew Silvers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.