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Melanthera nivea

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Small

Common Names

• Cariaquito Blanco (Puerto Rico
• Venezuela)
• Bouton Blanc (Guadeloupe)
• Dog Bush (Trinidad)
• Snow Squarestem (USA)
• Botón de Plata (Cuba)
• Romerillo de Maniqua

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virgin islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• disturbed areas
• riverine forest
• montane areas
• montane forest
• thickets
• waste ground
• cultivated areas

Flowering Times

• Jul (Puerto Rico)
• Oct (Tobago)
• Jan (Trinidad)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Puerto Rico)
• Oct (Tobago))
• Jan (Trinidad)

Scandent perennial decumbent or scandent herb or subshrub to 5m with quadrangular or tetragonal pilose stems. Pilose leaves to 150mm x 95mm with crenate-serrulate margins. Terminal & axillary inflorescence, white or pale pink flowers, flower heads 10mm diameter, flowers to 7.5mm long. Achenes to 3mm x 1.8mm with bristly pappus.

Further References

• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO
• USDA
• Standley