Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chrysocoma ciliata L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beesbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter karroo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterbossie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitterkaroo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibhosisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aster discoideus Sond. ex Harv. Fl. Cap. 3: 76 (1865).
Chrysocoma microcephala DC. Prodr. 5: 353 (1836).
Chrysocoma tenuifolia P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap.: 235 (1767).
Chrysocoma ciliaris Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1789 (1803).
Chrysocoma patula P.J.Bergius Descr. Pl. Cap.: 234 (1767).
Erigeron tenuifolius (P.J.Bergius) Sch.Bip. Flora 27: 670 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aster discoideus Sond.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chrysocoma ciliata L.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Chrysocoma microcephala DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chrysocoma tenuifolia P.J.Bergius	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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