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Asteraceae

Bejuco de miel

Salmea scandens (L.) DC.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Salmea

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Common names

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English
Bejuco de miel

Synonyms

  • Bidens scandens L.
  • Calea amellus (L.) L.
  • Fornicaria scandens Raf.
  • Hopkirkia eupatoria (DC.) Spreng.
  • Isocarpha amellus Spreng. ex DC.
  • Melanthera amellus (L.) D'Arcy
  • Melanthera amellus var. amellus
  • Salmea eupatoria var. intermedia DC.
  • Salmea grandiceps Cass.
  • Salmea nitida Sch.Bip. ex Klatt
  • Salmea oppositiceps Cass.
  • Salmea parviceps Cass.
  • Salmea pubescens (S.F.Blake) Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Salmea salicifolia Brongn.
  • Salmea scandens subsp. paraguariensis Hassl.
  • Salmea scandens subsp. scandens
  • Salmea scandens var. amellus (L.) Kuntze
  • Salmea scandens var. obtusata S.F.Blake
  • Salmea scandens var. paraguariensis Hassl.
  • Salmea scandens var. pubescens S.F.Blake
  • Salmea scandens var. scandens
  • Salmea sessilifolia Griseb.
  • Salmea tomentosa D.L.Nash
  • Salmeopsis claussenii Benth
  • Santolina amellus L.
  • Santolina amellus var. amellus
  • Spilanthes nitida La Llave
  • Spilanthes nitidus La Llave & Lex.
  • Verbesina scandens Klatt

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Puerto Rico: native

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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.