Chidhongi (Chirungu: Upright star; Acanthospermum hispidum) Chavhumbuka chirimwa chegore chemumhuri yeAsteresiya (Asteraceae), inowanokwa kazhinji kuPakati nekuChamhembe cheAmerika. Muti uyu unotaurwa sehuswa mutsika yekotoni muBhuraziri, uye unoshandiswawo semushonga wekurapa. Inowanikwawo munzvimbo zhinji dzakapararira muYurezhiya, Afurika, uye Maodzanyemba eAmerika Yakajairwa kuOstireriya uye inonzi huswa kuMadokero eOstireriya. Zvichida ndiro sora rimwero rinonzi chaguduka? Gwenzi remudhongi rakamira kusvika 60cm. Mashanga aro akafukidzwa nevhudzi jena. Mashizha akatarisana, oblong-lanceolate, sessile; margin zvakasiyana siyana zvakakwana kana zvine meno. Inflorescences axillary kana chinongedzo chine miniti inozora-yero maruva. Zvibereko zvinopenya ne2 marefu marefu pamusoro, akarongedzwa mumapoka akaita nyeredzi e7 kana 8. Chidhongi chinokura munzvimbo ineivhu riri cultivated and disturbed, uye kukwira kwerenji (altitude range) yayo inosvika 360-1540m. Muchakata unowanzo tanga kumera maruva mumwedzi waKukadzi kusvika mumwedzi waKubvumbi. Aster muChigiriki izwi rinoreva kuti nyeredzi, senyenyedzi ineranzi (kunge zuva). Saka iro izwi rekuti Aster ririkutimirwa kuti ranzi muChishona, kuti zvienderere netsananguro inopihwa kana maruva emhuri ye'aster' achitsanangurwa.