Passifloraceae
Damiana
Turnera diffusa
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Genus
- Turnera
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- دميانة
- arz
- دميانه
- Catalan
- Damiana
- Chinese
- 達米阿那, 透納樹葉
- Czech
- Damiána
- Dutch
- Damiana
- English
- Damiana
- Estonian
- Seksturnera
- German
- Damiana
- Haitian Creole
- Oreg mawon
- Hungarian
- Damiána, Damiana
- Japanese
- ダミアナ
- Persian
- دامیانا
- Portuguese
- Damiana
- Romanian
- Damiana
- Russian
- Тёрнера раскидистая
- Swedish
- Damiana
Synonyms
- Bohadschia humifusa C.Presl
- Bohadschia microphylla Griseb.
- Triacis microphylla (Desv.) Griseb.
- Turnera aphrodisiaca Ward
- Turnera diffusa var. aphrodisiaca (Ward) Urb.
- Turnera diffusa var. diffusa
- Turnera humifusa Endl. ex Walp.
- Turnera microphylla Desv.
- Turnera pringlei Rose
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 145 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Obed Palagot Echavarria, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Rosford, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Donald McAninch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Dominiku~commonswiki assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Dominiku~commonswiki assumed, 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.