Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.

Family: Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Eleutheranthera > E. ruderalis

Common name [English]: Ogiera

Vernacular name [Malayalam]:

Nativity: Tropical America

Habitat: Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

Description: Annual herbs; stem glabrescent. Leaves 2.5-5.5 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base cuneate, sometimes oblique, apex acute or subobtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, 3-nerved from base; petiole to 1 cm long. Heads 6-12-flowered, axillary, homogamous, non-rayed; peduncle 0.2-1 cm long, erect at first, becomes curved in fruit. Involucral bracts in 2 series, outer leafy, 5-8 x 2-3 mm. Flowers bisexual. Corolla yellow, tubular, 3-4 mm long, 5-lobed. Anthers sagittate at base. Achenes 3-3.5 mm long, obovoid, slightly angled, tubercled, finely pubescent.

Flowering and Fruiting: May-November

Uses:

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References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org