Asteraceae
Yerba porosa
Porophyllum ruderale
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Porophyllum
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- بوروفيلوم رودريل
- Chinese
- 葩葩洛, 点叶菊, 香蝶菊
- English
- Yerba porosa, Bolivian coriander
- French
- Coriandre bolivienne, Killi, Quirquiña
- German
- Bolivianischer Koriander
- Igbo
- Bolivian coriander
- Indonesian
- Ketumbar bolivia
- pam
- Bolivian Coriander
- Portuguese
- Porophyllum
- Quechua
- Killkiña, Kirkiña
- Russian
- Боливийский кориандр, Порофиллум мусорный
- Spanish
- Cilandro boliviano, Papalo, Pápalo, Quilquina, Quilquiña, Quirquina, Quirquiña
- Swedish
- Boliviansk koriander
Synonyms
- Cacalia glandulosa Salisb.
- Cacalia porophyllum L.
- Cacalia ruderalis Sw.
- Kleinia ruderalis Jacq.
- Porophyllum ellipticum Cass.
- Porophyllum ellipticum var. genuinum Urb.
- Porophyllum ellipticum var. intermedium DC.
- Porophyllum porophyllum (L.) Kuntze
- Porophyllum ruderale f. ruderale
- Porophyllum ruderale f. suffruticosa Chodat
- Porophyllum ruderale subsp. ruderale
- Porophyllum ruderale var. angustifolia Hassl.
- Porophyllum ruderale var. ellipticum (Cass.) A.Gray ex B.L.Rob.
- Porophyllum ruderale var. glandulosum Chodat
- Porophyllum ruderale var. glandulosum (Salisb.) Chodat
- Porophyllum ruderale var. macrolepidium (Malme) Chodat & Hassl.
- Porophyllum ruderale var. ruderale
- Tagetes integrifolia Muschl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: User:JoeCarrasco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.