Asteraceae
Snow squarestem
Melanthera nivea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Melanthera
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 方莖鹵地菊, 方茎卤地菊
- English
- Snow squarestem, Pineland squarestem, Yerba de cabra
Synonyms
- Amellus asper (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Amellus asper f. asper
- Amellus asper f. bicolor Kuntze
- Amellus asper var. asper
- Amellus asper var. canescens Kuntze
- Amellus asper var. glabriusculus Kuntze
- Amellus asper var. normalis Kuntze
- Amellus nivea (L.) Kuntze
- Amellus niveus (L.) Kuntze
- Athanasia hastata Walter
- Bidens nivea L.
- Calea aspera Jacq.
- Echinocephalum discoideum Baker
- Elephantopus cuneifolius Fourn.
- Melananthera deltoidea Michx.
- Melanthera amethystina O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera aspera (Jacq.) Small
- Melanthera aspera var. aspera
- Melanthera aspera var. glabriuscula (Kuntze) J.C.Parks
- Melanthera brevifolia O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera buchii Urban
- Melanthera calcicola Britton
- Melanthera canescens O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera canescens f. canescens
- Melanthera carpenteri Small
- Melanthera confusa Britton
- Melanthera corymbosa Spreng.
- Melanthera crenata O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera deltoidea Michx.
- Melanthera hastata Michx.
- Melanthera hastata subsp. cubensis (O.E.Schulz) Borhidi
- Melanthera hastata subsp. lobata (Pursh) Borhidi
- Melanthera hastata var. cubensis O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera hastata var. lobata (Pursh) O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera hastata var. lobata Pursh
- Melanthera hastata var. pandurata Pursh
- Melanthera hastata var. parvifolia O.E.Schulz
- Melanthera hastifolia S.F.Blake
- Melanthera ligulata Small
- Melanthera linnaei Kunth
and 10 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: paulsmithrj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.