Asteraceae
East Indian globe thistle
Sphaeranthus africanus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Sphaeranthus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 戴星草
- English
- East Indian globe thistle
Synonyms
- Sphaeranthus africanus var. africanus
- Sphaeranthus africanus var. suberiflorus (Hayata) Yamam.
- Sphaeranthus alatus Blanco
- Sphaeranthus cochinchinensis Lour.
- Sphaeranthus glaber DC.
- Sphaeranthus hildebrandtii Baker
- Sphaeranthus microcephalus Vatke
- Sphaeranthus microcephalus Willd.
- Sphaeranthus ovalis Steetz
- Sphaeranthus sphenocleoides Oliv. & Hiern
- Sphaeranthus suberiflorus Hayata
Photos
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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). About our plant data.