Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Family: Asteraceae
Singapore daisy
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Herb
Distribution:
Native of Tropical America.
Use: Ornamental
Description:
Herbs, perennial, prostrate, diffuse, rooting at nodes. Leaves elliptic-obovate, usually with 3 angular lobes with toothed margins, acute at apex, basally cuneate. Heads 2-2.5 cm across, solitary on 4-15 cm long peduncles. Ray florets 5-8; corolla bright yellow. Pappus connate into a spathiform, fimbriate cup at the apex, devoid of awns. Disc florets many; corolla yellow. Achenes blackish, warty, 4-6 mm long, crowned by the persistent pappus cup.