Namaceae
Caracus wigandia
Wigandia urens
- Family
- Namaceae
- Genus
- Wigandia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Caracus wigandia
Synonyms
- Cohiba urens Raf.
- Ernstamra caracasana (Kunth) Kuntze
- Ernstamra macrophylla Kuntze
- Ernstamra scorpiodes (Choisy) Kuntze
- Ernstamra urens (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
- Hydrolea auriculata Moc. ex Choisy
- Hydrolea caracassana Steud.
- Hydrolea mollis Willd. ex Spreng.
- Hydrolea scorpioides Moc. ex Choisy
- Hydrolea urens Ruiz & Pav.
- Wigandia caracasana Kunth
- Wigandia caracasana f. viscosa Donn.Sm.
- Wigandia caracasana var. calycina Brand
- Wigandia caracasana var. macrophylla (Schltdl. & Cham.) Brand
- Wigandia caracasana var. viscosa (Donn.Sm.) J.F.Macbr.
- Wigandia darii Ram.Goyena
- Wigandia kunthii Choisy
- Wigandia kunthii var. intermedia Brand
- Wigandia kunthii var. macrophylla (Schltdl. & Cham.) Choisy
- Wigandia kunthii var. viscosa Brand
- Wigandia macrophylla Schltdl. & Cham.
- Wigandia peruviana W.T.Mill.
- Wigandia scorpioides Choisy
- Wigandia urens var. caracasana (Kunth) D.N.Gibson
- Wigandia urens var. urens
- Wigandia vigieri Carrière
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bouba at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Caracus wigandia: Wigandia urens (Wigandia caracasana) [澳洲 Heronswood Gardens, Australia]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Wigandia_urens_%28Wigandia_caracasana%29_-%E6%BE%B3%E6%B4%B2_Heronswood_Gardens%2C_Australia-_%2810801499004%29.jpg/500px-Wigandia_urens_%28Wigandia_caracasana%29_-%E6%BE%B3%E6%B4%B2_Heronswood_Gardens%2C_Australia-_%2810801499004%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: NasserHalaweh, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
![Caracus wigandia: Wigandia urens (Wigandia caracasana) [澳洲 Heronswood Gardens, Australia]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Wigandia_urens_%28Wigandia_caracasana%29_-%E6%BE%B3%E6%B4%B2_Heronswood_Gardens%2C_Australia-_%2810801499004%29.jpg/1280px-Wigandia_urens_%28Wigandia_caracasana%29_-%E6%BE%B3%E6%B4%B2_Heronswood_Gardens%2C_Australia-_%2810801499004%29.jpg)
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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.