Asteraceae
Yerba de faja
Struchium sparganophorum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Struchium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 婴带菊, 嬰帶菊
- English
- Yerba de faja
Synonyms
- Ethulia nodiflore Lam.
- Ethulia sparganophora L.
- Ethulia struchium Sw.
- Sparganophorus africanus Steud.
- Sparganophorus fasciatus Lam. ex Poir.
- Sparganophorus fasciculatus Steud.
- Sparganophorus fuscatus Steud.
- Sparganophorus sparganophora (L.) C.Jeffrey
- Sparganophorus sparganophorus (L.) C.Jeffrey
- Sparganophorus sparganophorus (L.) Jeffrey
- Sparganophorus struchium (Sw.) Poir.
- Sparganophorus struchium Per.
- Sparganophorus struchium (Sw.) Pers.
- Sparganophorus vaillantii Crantz
- Sparganophorus vaillantii var. longifolius Griseb.
- Sparganophorus vaillantii var. vaillantii
- Struchium africanum Beauverd
- Struchium africanum (Steud.) P.Beauv.
- Struchium herbaceum P.Browne ex J.St.-Hil.
- Struchium vaillantii Crantz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
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Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.