Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american burnweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
american fireweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bai-bai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
broomweed	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
burnweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cote soleil	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
dandelion	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
erechtites hieracifolia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erechtites hieraciifolius whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
fire weed	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
fireweed	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kasum	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lechuguilla	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
letron	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
malayan groundsel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mares tail	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pakara marityïrï	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
pilewort	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rumput empit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
serralha	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, sap		Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 34 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erechtites hieraciifolius var. cacalioides (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 381 (1861).
Erechtites praealtus Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 65 (1817).
Cineraria canadensis Walter Fl. Carol.: 207 (1788).
Erechtites agrestis (Sw.) Standl. & Steyerm. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 265 (1947).
Erechtites cacalioides (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Less. Syn. Gen. Compos.: 395 (1832).
Erechtites carduifolius (Desf.) DC. Prodr. 6: 294 (1838).
Erechtites elongatus A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 396 (1884).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. carduifolius (Desf.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 381 (1861).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. glabrescens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 335 (1891).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. intermedius Fernald Rhodora 19: 27 (1917).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. megalocarpus (Fernald) Cronquist Rhodora 48: 122 (1946).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. praealtus (Raf.) Fernald Rhodora 19: 27 (1917).
Erechtites hieraciifolius var. typicus Fernald Rhodora 19: 27 (1917), not validly publ.
Erechtites megalocarpus Fernald Rhodora 19: 24 (1917).
Erechtites sulcatus Gardner London J. Bot. 7: 419 (1848).
Gynura aspera Ridl. J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 1: 74 (1923).
Gynura malasica (Ridl.) Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 190 (1923).
Gynura zeylanica var. malasica Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 24 (1912).
Neoceis carduifolia (Desf.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 386 (1825).
Neoceis hieraciifolia (L.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 387 (1825).
Neoceis rigidula Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 34: 387 (1825).
Ptileris hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 268 (1818).
Senecio cacalioides Fisch. ex Spreng. Novi Provent.: 37 (1818).
Senecio carduifolius Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 177 (1829).
Senecio fischeri Sch.Bip. Flora 28: 498 (1845).
Senecio hieraciifolius L. Sp. Pl.: 866 (1753).
Senecio hieraciifolius var. cacalioides (Fisch. ex Spreng.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 277 (1890).
Senecio hieraciifolius var. carduifolius (Desf.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 277 (1890).
Senecio hieraciifolius var. giganteus Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 262 (1830).
Senecio seminudus Bory Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 1: 303 (1819).
Senecio vukotinovicii Schloss. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 31: 5 (1881).
Sonchus agrestis Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 110 (1788).
Sonchus brasiliensis Meyen & Walp. Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 293 (1843).
Sonchus occidentalis Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 143 (1821).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Erechites hieracifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Erechtites hieracifolia	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Raf. ex DC.	Non-Timber Forest Prod., NW District of Guyana (van Andel, 2000)
Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Rafin.ex DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Erechtites hieracifolia (L.) Ref. V.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Erechtites hieracifolius (L.) Raf. Ex Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Erechtites hieracifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
Erechtites hieracifolius (L.) Raf. ex Dc.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Erechtites hieracifolius var. cacalioides (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Griseb.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Erechtites hieraciifolius (L.) Raf. ex DC.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Erechtites praealta	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Erechtitess hieracifolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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