Asteraceae

Velvetplant

Gynura aurantiaca (Blume) DC.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gynura

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 紫鵝絨, 紫鹅绒, 橙花菊三七
English: Velvetplant
Indonesian: Umyung
Japanese: ビロードサンシチ
Polish: Ginura pomarańczowa

Synonyms

Cacalia aurantiaca Blume
Crassocephalum aurantiacum Kuntze
Crassocephalum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
Crassocephalum aurantiacum var. chrysanthum Kuntze
Crassocephalum teysmannianum Kuntze
Gynura aurantiaca var. aurantiaca
Gynura aurantiaca var. ovata Miq.
Gynura aurantiaca var. robusta Zoll. & Mor.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Botanischer Garten TU Darmstadt, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Garcia Francisco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kannan SAHAJAN C. KANNAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Amber Burkey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Tubifex, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.