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Marsh Para Cress

Acmella alba

Marsh Para Cress
Photo: NontoxicBlue, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Panama to Venezuela and Peru, Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Acmella alba is a species of plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. Common names include brede mafane, spilanthes, tingflower, toothache plant, electric daisy, and buzz buttons. The flowers and leaves contain spilanthol, a local anesthetic.

Where it grows

A. alba is native to South America and southern Central America, and has been introduced to the island of Java.

Other Acmella plants

Acmella leucantha · Brazilian Cress · Hairy spotflower · Dwarf spotflower · Oppositeleaf Spotflower · Marsh Para Cress · Spotflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acmella alba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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