Amaranthaceae
Juba's bush
Iresine diffusa
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Iresine
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Juba's bush
Synonyms
- Alternanthera canescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Moq.
- Celosia paniculata L.
- Crucita americana Lam.
- Crucita hispanica L.
- Crucita hispanicoamericana Schult.
- Cruzeta americana Moq.
- Cruzeta celosioides (L.) M.Gómez
- Cruzeta hispanica Loefl.
- Gonufas paniculata (L.) Raf.
- Iresine acuminata Moq.
- Iresine canescens Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Iresine celosia L.
- Iresine celosia subsp. tomentosa de la Luz
- Iresine celosia var. diffusa (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Suess.
- Iresine celosioides L.
- Iresine celosioides var. eriophylla Benth.
- Iresine celosioides var. macrophylla Griseb.
- Iresine celosioides var. nicotianoides Suess.
- Iresine celosioides var. pubescens Moq.
- Iresine diffusa var. diffusa
- Iresine elongata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Iresine eriophora Peyr.
- Iresine eriophylla Moq.
- Iresine floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti
- Iresine gossypiantha A.Rich.
- Iresine havanensis Kunth
- Iresine hookeri Moq.
- Iresine mutisii Kunth
- Iresine paniculata (L.) Kuntze
- Iresine paniculata var. floridana Uline & W.L.Bray
- Iresine parvifolia Kunth
- Iresine polymorpha Mart.
- Iresine polymorpha var. alopecuroidea Mart.
- Iresine polymorpha var. effusa Mart.
- Iresine polymorpha var. verticillata (Spreng.) Mart.
- Iresine spiculigera var. pauciglandulosa Herzog
- Iresine verticillata Spreng.
- Trommsdorffia canescens (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Mart.
- Xerandra celosioides Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scott.zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.