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Chilca

Baccharis latifolia

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 86, February 163, March 140, April 317, May 195, June 79, July 81, August 71, September 152, October 81, November 157, December 73.
Ecuador1,595
Pichincha1,113
Colombia492
Bogota Capital District302
Bolivia222
La Paz222
Peru128
Cotopaxi128
Cundinamarca126
Imbabura95

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusBaccharis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Chilca with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.