Emilia sonchifolia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Emilia
- Species
- Emilia sonchifolia
- Scientific Name
- Emilia sonchifolia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Emilia sonchifolia
Emilia sonchifolia, also known as lilac tasselflower or cupid's shaving brush, is a tropical flowering species of tasselflower in the sunflower family. It is a branching, annual herb up to 40 cm (15+1⁄2 in) tall. The leaves are lyrate-pinnatilobed, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, sometimes becoming purplish as they get old. One plant can produce several pink or purplish flower heads.
It is widespread in tropical regions around the world. Though hepatotoxic, the leaves and young shoots can be eaten as vegetables.
...Emilia sonchifolia in languages:
- Chinese
- 一點紅
- Chinese
- 紫背草
- English
- lilac tasselflower
- English
- Emilia
- English
- Cupid's shaving brush
- Finnish
- valvattiemilia
- Indonesian
- Tempuh Wiyang
- Japanese
- ウスベニニガナ
- Portuguese
- Serralhinha
- Portuguese
- Flor-pincel
- Russian
- Эмилия осотолистная
- Thai
- หูปลาช่อน
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Emilia abyssinica
- Emilia adscendens
- Emilia ambifaria
- Emilia bathiei
- Emilia bellioides
- Emilia brachycephala
- Emilia caespitosa
- Emilia chiovendeana
- Emilia citrina
- Emilia coccinea
- Emilia cryptantha
- Emilia discifolia
- Emilia djalonensis
- Emilia exserta
- Emilia fosbergii
- Emilia graminea
- Emilia humifusa
- Emilia javanica
- Emilia latens
- Emilia leptocephala
- Emilia libeniana
- Emilia limosa
- Emilia lisowskiana
- Emilia longifolia
- Emilia marlothiana
- Emilia pammicrocephala
- Emilia praetermissa
- Emilia prenanthoidea
- Emilia protracta
- Emilia ramulosa
- Emilia rigida
- Emilia scabra
- Emilia schinzii
- Emilia sonchifolia
- Emilia speeseae
- Emilia subscaposa
- Emilia tenellula
- Emilia tenuipes
- Emilia transvaalensis
- Emilia ukingensis
- Emilia zeylanica
Top Observation Places
- Houston
- Santo Domingo de los Colorados
- Palm Coast
- David
- Macau
- Jacksonville
- Carolina
- Cali
- Bengaluru
- Melbourne
- Panamá
- San Miguelito
- Juan Díaz
- Las Cumbres
- Pedregal
- Medellín
- Bello
- Itagüí
- Envigado
- Sabaneta
- Yogyakarta
- Depok
- Kasihan
- Melati
- Gamping Lor
- Godean
- Sleman
- Singapore
- Johor Bahru
- Woodlands
- Skudai
- Geylang
- Queenstown Estate
- Cape Coral
- Lehigh Acres
- Fort Myers
- Bonita Springs
- Honolulu
- Kuala Lumpur
- Petaling Jaya
- Kampung Baru Subang
- Subang Jaya
- Kampong Baharu Balakong
- Gainesville
- Brisbane
- Logan City
- North Port
- Sarasota
- Bradenton
- Port Charlotte































































































































































