Asteraceae FAMILY
Achyrocline flaccida
Achyrocline flaccida
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
A plant of subtropical to tropical areas, usually being found at high elevations in the tropics. Prefers a fertile soil[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Achyrocline+flaccida>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Compositae Newsletter No. 43 — The Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0284-8422 ↩︎Contains a catalogue of the Asteraceae of Chacoan Plin, Argentina. Terse information on each species, often including notes on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
- [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.