Asteraceae
Boton de oro
Melampodium divaricatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Melampodium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 黃帝菊, 黄帝菊, 帝王菊, 美兰菊, 黄油菊
- English
- Boton de oro, Butter daisy
- Indonesian
- Bunga seribu bintang, Bunga matahari mini
- Spanish
- Botón de oro
- Sundanese
- Kembang panon poé leutik
- Thai
- กระดุมทอง
Synonyms
- Alcina minor Cass.
- Alcina ovalifolia Lag.
- Alcina ovatifolia J.Jacq.
- Alcina ovatifolia Lag.
- Dysodium divaricatum Pers.
- Dysodium divaricatum Rich.
- Dysodium radiatum Desf.
- Eleutheranthera divaricata (Rich.) Millsp.
- Melampodium berteroanum Spreng.
- Melampodium copiosum Klatt.
- Melampodium copiosum Klatt
- Melampodium divaricatum var. macranthum Schlecht.
- Melampodium flaccidum (Benth.) Benth.
- Melampodium flaccidum Benth. ex Oerst.
- Melampodium ovatifolium Rchb.
- Melampodium paludosum Kunth
- Melampodium panamense Klatt
- Melampodium pumilum Benth.
- Melampodium rhombifolium Sessé & Moc.
- Melampodium tenellum var. flaccidum Benth.
- Wedelia minor Hornem.
- Wedelia ovatifolia Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- 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: Serenity, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Serenity, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 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.