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Father-and-child plant

Euchiton japonicus

Father-and-child plant
Photo: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to New Caledonia
Climate
subtropical

About

Euchiton japonicus, or creeping cudweed, is a species of plant within the Asteraceae family.

Where it grows

The species is native to tropical and subtropical Asia and Oceania, from Japan to Australia. It has been introduced to California, Hawaii, and Oregon in the United States. It is also native to New Zealand.

Other Euchiton plants

Father And Child Plant · Star-Cudweed · Tropical creeping cudweed · Euchiton traversii · Cudweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euchiton japonicus 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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