Petiveriaceae
Guinea henweed
Petiveria alliacea
- Family
- Petiveriaceae
- Genus
- Petiveria
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 蒜味草, 蒜香草
- English
- Guinea henweed
- Guarani
- Anamu, Mburika ka’a
- Haitian Creole
- Fèy ave, Ave
- Persian
- پتیوریا آلیاسی
- Portuguese
- Guiné - petiveria tetrandra
- Spanish
- Anamu, Anamú, Muruca, Murucacaá
Synonyms
- Petiveria alliacea var. alliacea
- Petiveria alliacea var. grandifolia Moq.
- Petiveria alliacea var. octandra (L.) Moq.
- Petiveria corrientina Rojas
- Petiveria corrientina Rojas
- Petiveria foetida Salisb.
- Petiveria hexandria Sessé & Moc.
- Petiveria ochroleuca Moq.
- Petiveria octandra L.
- Petiveria paraguayensis D.Parodi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Geoff Gallice from Gainesville, FL, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Lentzou/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Lentzou/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gary Saucedo/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gary Saucedo/Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jaime Torres /Archivo Centro Takiwasi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.