Asteraceae
Yerba de peo
Porophyllum leiocarpum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Porophyllum
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Common names
By language (6)
- aeb
- ڨريطفة
- Arabic
- قنيطسة بلنسية
- arz
- نبات القرطوفه
- Catalan
- Bolig
- English
- Yerba de peo
- Finnish
- Kehräraimikki
Synonyms
- Anacyclus bethuriae Rivas Goday & Borja
- Anacyclus dissimilis Pomel
- Anacyclus dissimilis var. dissimilis
- Anacyclus hirsutus Lam.
- Anacyclus lanuginosus Moench
- Anacyclus prostratus Pomel
- Anacyclus valentinus L.
- Anacyclus valentinus subsp. dissimilis (Pomel) Jahand. & Maire
- Anacyclus valentinus subsp. prostratus (Pomel) Batt.
- Anacyclus valentinus subsp. prostratus (Pomel) Jahand. & Maire
- Anacyclus valentinus var. eriolepis Maire
- Anacyclus valentinus var. eudissimilis Maire
- Anacyclus valentinus var. ligulata Sennen
- Anacyclus valentinus var. microcephalus Costa
- Anacyclus valentinus var. tripolitanus Borzí & Mattei
- Anthemis valentina L.
- Porophyllum macrocephalum var. leiocarpum Urb.
- Santolina anthemoides L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.