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:
Cultivation:
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org