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Cacosmia

Cacosmia
Photo: Manuel Roncal, CC0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)

About

Cacosmia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to South America.

The genus name is derived from the Greek kakos ("bad, ugly") and -osma ("smell, stink, fragrant odour, scent, perfume").

Other Cacosmia plants

Cacosmia harlingii · Cacosmia hieronymi

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cacosmia (plant) by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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