Gold Medallion
Melampodium divaricatum (Rich.) DC.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 53 cm
- wide
- 27 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Boton de oro
Formerly Alcina minor, Alcina ovalifolia, Alcina ovatifolia, Dysodium divaricatum, and 14 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to BrazilKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 46 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 23 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Spanish
- Acahual amarillo, Botón de oro
- myn
- kopal-xiu
- root
- Acahuali
- Czech
- černonoh bahenní
- Chinese (China)
- 黄帝菊
- Chinese
- 黃帝菊, 黄帝菊
- Thai
- กระดุมทอง
- Russian
- Меламподиум растопыренный
- Portuguese
- Estrelinha, Flor-amarela, Flor-de-ouro
- Finnish
- kesäkaulus
- Japanese
- メランポジウム
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- 3D model: Melampodium divaricatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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