Asteraceae
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Tridax
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bangla
- কানফুলি, কানাইয়া, ত্রিদক্ষ, পরদেশি ভাঙড়া
- Chinese
- 羽芒菊, 長柄菊
- dag
- Alepele bindi
- English
- Coatbuttons, Coat buttons
- Tamil
- கிணற்றுப்பாசான், செருப்படித்தழை, தாத்தாப்பூச்செடி, மூக்குத்ததிப்பூண்டு, வெட்டுக்காயபச்சிலை
- Vietnamese
- Cúc muôi
Synonyms
- Amellus pedunculatus Ortega ex Willd.
- Balbisia canescens Rich.
- Balbisia canescens Rich. ex Pers.
- Balbisia divaricata Cass.
- Balbisia elongata Willd.
- Balbisia pedunculata Hoffmanns.
- Balbisia pedunculata Ortega ex O.Hoffm.
- Chrysanthemum procumbens (L.) Sessé & Moc.
- Tridax procumbens var. canescens (Rich. ex Pers.) DC.
- Tridax procumbens var. ovatifolia B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
- Tridax procumbens var. procumbens
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Oreste Yemdji, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Carles Cardona, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Murielle Simo-Droissart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vishal soni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Soon Hee Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.