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Tropical creeping cudweed

Euchiton sphaericus

Also called Common Cudweed, Japanese Cudweed

Tropical creeping cudweed
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Is.
Climate
subtropical

About

Euchiton sphaericus, the star cudweed or tropical creeping cudweed, is a herb native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Taiwan, Java, and Philippines. It has become naturalized in a few places in the United States (Hawaii, California, Oregon).

Where it grows

Euchiton sphaericus is widespread in Australia, occurring in all 6 states plus Northern Territory and Norfolk Island.

Other Euchiton plants

Father And Child Plant · Star-Cudweed · Father-and-child plant · Euchiton traversii · Cudweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Euchiton sphaericus 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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