Asteraceae

Perfoliate blackfoot

Melampodium perfoliatum (Cav.) Kunth

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Melampodium

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Perfoliate blackfoot: Photo from northern Nicaragua, where it is a weed known as Ojo de Perico. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/daisy/index.html — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Perfoliate blackfoot

Synonyms

Alcina perfoliata Cav.
Camutia perfoliata (Cav.) Bonat. ex Steud.
Melampodium hispidum Kunth
Polymnia perfoliata (Cav.) Poir.
Wedelia perfoliata (Cav.) Willd.

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 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.