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Acmella oleracea
Sign in to saveAlso known as toothache plant, paracress, jambu, Acmella oleraceae, Sechuan Buttons
species of plant
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
金鈕扣，又名千日菊，為菊科金鈕扣屬的植物。金鈕扣的葉子與頭花（頭狀花序）含有一種止痛劑的成分，可以用來緩解牙齒的疼痛，因此又被稱為牙痛草。原產於巴西的熱帶地區，被引種至世界各地栽培，做為觀賞植物與藥草使用。一年生草本植物，在氣候溫暖的地區會變成多年生植物。植株小型、直立，生長快速，在秋天時開花，頭花呈金黃色與紅色。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 327
- With media
- 129
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- GA, CAS, NY, US, UNIVASF, UFC
- Recorded in
- United States, Madagascar, Brazil, Brasil, Peru, Venezuela, Canada, Nepal
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- useful plant
- Parent taxon
- Acmella
- Image
- Acmella oleracea kz05.jpg
- Has use
- vegetable
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- taxon name
- Acmella oleracea
- Commons category
- Acmella oleracea
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- Acmella oleracea
- taxon common name
- 桂圆菊
- invasive to
- Indonesia
- short name
- A. oleracea
- taxon author citation
- (L.) R. K. Jansen
- taxon range
- Cuba
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/d51a552b-0d2c-4788-a5c9-824b552abbf1
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Encyclopedic overview
Acmella oleracea is a species of flowering herb in the family Asteraceae. Common names include toothache plant, Szechuan buttons, paracress, jambu, buzz buttons, tingflowers and electric daisy. Its native distribution is unclear, but it is likely derived from a Brazilian Acmella species. A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and bears gold and red inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates.
Its specific epithet oleracea means "vegetable/herbal" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acmella oleracea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.