Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers & Allies - Asterales
Aster Family - Asteraceae
Swamp Golden Button - Acmella uliginosa Hill Golden Button - Acmella ciliata Common Medicineplant - Adenostemma lavenia Ageratum - Ageratum conyzoides Ainsliaea - Ainsliaea fragrans Three-Veined Aster - Aster ageratoides White-Tongue Aster - Aster baccharoides Panicled Aster - Aster pandurata Shepherd's Needles - Bidens alba Yellow Blumea - Blumea laciniata Big-Flowered Blumea - Blumea megacephala Pink Blumea - Blumea mollis Philippines Button Flower - Centrantherum punctatum Chinese Chrysanthemum - Chrysanthemum indicum Common Chrysanthemum - Chrysanthemum morifolium Hupeh Thistle - Cirsium hupehense |
Redflower Ragleaf - Crassocephalum crepidioides
Crepidiastrum - Crepidiastrum denticulatum Little Ironweed - Cyanthillium cinereum Poison-Root Vernonia - Decaneuropsis cumingiana Elecampane - Duhaldea cappa False Daisy - Eclipta prostrata Elephant's Foot - Elephantopus scaber White Elephant's Foot - Elephantopus tomentosus Tassel Flower - Emilia sonchifolia Leopard Plant - Farfugium japonicum Gynura - Gynura divaricata Mile-a-Minute Weed - Mikania micrantha Praxelis - Praxelis clematidea Ragwort - Senecio scandens Golden-Rod - Solidago decurrens |
Sow Thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
Creeping Oxeye - Sphagneticola trilobata Nodeweed - Synedrella nodiflora Mexican Sunflower - Tithonia diversifolia Tridax Daisy - Tridax procumbens Ironweed - Vernonia cinerea Hawk's Beard - Youngia japonica Bellflower Family - Campanulaceae Star of Bethlehem - Hippobroma longiflora Chinese Lobelia - Lobelia chinensis Fleshy Lobelia - Lobelia zeylanica Balloon Flower - Platycodon grandiflorus Fanflower Family - Goodeniaceae Beach Naupaka - Scaevola taccada |
Aster Family - Asteraceae
Swamp Golden Button 沼生金鈕扣 Acmella uliginosa
Conical inflorescence. The tiny tubular flowers that are packed together and make up the 'button' have four petals. Ignore how many large petals there are around the base of the inflorescence.
Hill Golden Button 天文草 Acmella ciliata
Flattened ovoid inflorescence. The tiny tubular flowers that are packed together and make up the 'button' have five petals. Ignore how many large petals there are around the base of the inflorescence.
Common Medicineplant 下田菊 Adenostemma lavenia
Ageratum 藿香薊 Ageratum conyzoides
A common plant, especially on waste ground and poor soil, flowering all year round. Its fluffy flowers can be purple or white. Also known as billygoat-weed or goatweed.
Ainsliaea 杏葉兔兒風 Ainsliaea fragrans
Three-Veined Aster 微糙三脈紫菀 Aster ageratoides
White-Tongue Aster 白舌紫菀 Aster baccharoides
These asters bloom in the autumn from October to December.
Panicled Aster 琴葉紫菀 Aster pandurata
Shepherd's Needles 白花鬼針草 Bidens alba
An extremely common weed along roadsides and paths all over Hong Kong. The seeds stick to shoes, socks and trousers if brushed up against. Butterflies like it.
Yellow Blumea 六耳鈴 Blumea laciniata
Big-Flowered Blumea 東風草 Blumea megacephala
Pink Blumea 柔毛艾納香 Blumea mollis
Philippines Button Flower 菲律賓鈕扣花 Centrantherum punctatum
Chinese Chrysanthemum 野菊 Chrysanthemum indicum
Flowers from November to April. A small, shrubby plant up to 1 metre in height. Leaves are fragrant when crushed. The Chinese chrysanthemum is important in Chinese medicine.
Common Chrysanthemum 杭菊 Chrysanthemum morifolium
Hupeh Thistle 湖北薊 Cirsium hupehense
Redflower Ragleaf 野茼蒿 Crassocephalum crepidioides
Crepidiastrum 黃瓜菜 Crepidiastrum denticulatum
Little Ironweed 夜香牛 Cyanthillium cinereum
Poison-Root Vernonia 毒根斑鳩菊 Decaneuropsis cumingiana
Elecampane 羊耳菊 Duhaldea cappa
False Daisy 鱧腸 Eclipta prostrata
Elephant's Foot 地膽草 Elephantopus scaber
White-Flowered Elephant's Foot 白花地膽草 Elephantopus tomentosus
Tassel Flower 一點紅 Emilia sonchifolia
Leopard Plant 大吳風草 Farfugium japonicum
Gynura 白子菜 Gynura divaricata
Mile-a-Minute Weed 薇甘菊 Mikania micrantha
Praxelis 假臭草 Praxelis clematidea
Ragwort 千里光 Senecio scandens
A native plant growing widely on road and path edges. Is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat tonsillitis and sore throat, despite a bitter and acrid taste.
Golden-Rod 一枝黃花 Solidago decurrens
Sow Thistle 苦苣菜 Sonchus oleraceus
This weed has a flower that resembles a European dandelion, but on a very long stalk.
Creeping Oxeye 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 Sphagneticola trilobata
Native to Mexico it is an introduced species throughout the tropical regions of the world. It spreads quickly in sunny areas with well-drained moist soil, often at the edges of woodland in Hong Kong. Very widespread, probably at the expense of native plants. Also known as trailing daisy.
Synedrella or Nodeweed 金腰箭 Synedrella nodiflora
Flowering from June to October this is an introduced weed from the Americas.
Mexican Sunflower 腫柄菊 Tithonia diversifolia
Large flowers from June to December, practically a roadside weed in some New Territories villages.
Tridax Daisy 羽芒菊 Tridax procumbens
Ironweed 夜香牛 Vernonia cinerea
Hawk's Beard 黃鵪菜 Youngia japonica
Bellflower Family - Campanulaceae
Star of Bethlehem 同瓣草 Hippobroma longiflora
Chinese Lobelia 半邊蓮 Lobelia chinensis
Fleshy Lobelia 疏毛半邊蓮 Lobelia zeylanica
Balloon Flower 桔梗 Platycodon grandiflorus
Also known as the Chinese Bellflower this plant is native to Hong Kong. It's a herbaceous perennial with blue flowers in the late summer and autumn. In Korea its root is a frequent ingredient in bibimbap.
Fanflower Family - Goodeniaceae
Beach Naupaka 草海桐 Scaevola taccada
A seashore shrub, it grows in sand near the sea edge in tropical locations throughout the Indo-Pacific. The seeds are carried on ocean currents to colonise new locations.