Asteraceae
Pseudelephantopus

Pseudelephantopus spicatus (Juss. ex Aubl.) C.F.Baker

First published in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 12(5): 55 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
amargón, amorseco, cola de burro, hierba de golpe, hierba de marrano, hierba golpe, rabo de puerco, sanfrancisco, suelda, sueldaconsuelda, yerba de caballo, yerba de golpe, yerba de marrano, yerba de sapo
[UNAL]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
[UPB]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 50 - 2600 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 50–2600 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Boyacá, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vichada.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Chicoria, Escobilla blanca, Herb de caballo, Herb de golpe, Herb de marrano, Rabo de puerco, Suelda, Suelda-consuelda, Yerba de caballo
[UPFC]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Tough stiff herb, 30–50 cm high; stems pilose, leafy.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3–12 cm long, 0.4–2.4 cm wide, attenuate into a sheathing base, obscurely serrate or crenate, obtuse, scattered-pilose, glabrescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences thyrsoid, the ultimate axes spiciform, with the glomerules small (2–3 mm in diameter), sessile in the axils of small leaf-like bracts, 1–2-capitulate; phyllaries lanceolate, acute, apiculate, white at base and on the margins, green centrally in upper part, 8–8.5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Corolla white, 6–8 mm long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 3–5 mm long, 10-ribbed, shortly ascending-pubescent; pappus of 3–4 basally flattened setae, the longest 2 each folded back and forward on itself in the upper part, 4–5 mm long.
Habitat
Margins of swamps and rice-fields;near sea-level
Distribution
Z native of the neotropics, introduced to W Africa and tropical Asia
[FTEA]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
An erect branched stiff herb 1-2 ft. or more high, more or less pilose
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Small white or mauve florets in narrow oblong heads forming spikes
Note
A weed.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016, Instituto Humboldt 2014).
[UPB]

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Suelda-consuelda, yerba de caballo, rabo de puerco, hierba de caballo, hierba de golpe, hierba de marrano, suelda, chicoria, escobilla blanca.

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0