Asteraceae
Achyrocline

Achyrocline saturejoides (Lam.) DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 220 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America, E. & S. Brazil to N. Argentina. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

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
juamblanco, suso, vejiga de lobo, venadillo, viravira, yerba de chivo
[UNAL]

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]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Conservation
Not Evaluated.
Morphology General Habit
Herb, shrub or subshrub.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Ecology
Alt. 40 - 1250 m.
Vernacular
Huira-huira, kea-kea.
[UPB]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1250–4000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, Putumayo, Quindío, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb, Shrub, Subshrub.
Vernacular
Huira-huira, Juan blanco, Kea-kea, Marcela, Marcela hembra, Suso, Viravilona, Vira-vira, Yerba de chivo
[UPFC]

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. 1250 - 4000 m.; Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, subarbusto, arbusto
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

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

Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

Spanish
Marcela hembra, marcela, yerba de chivo, juan blanco, vira-vira, suso, viravilona.
unknown
marsella

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

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