Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This was once considered a Verbesina. Read more in Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Yerba-de-tajo at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-59-001:
Eclipta alba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Verbesina alba
COMMON NAME:
Yerba-de-tajo, false daisy
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ecpr_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veal6_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eclipta_prostrata_2
August
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_alba_prostrata
September
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Gill Newberry gn09_e_young_fruits
September
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Roxanna Martin rlm91811_199
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm91811_202
September Spartanburg County SC
Ray flowers numerous, about 1mm; disc flowers many, corollas 4-lobed, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9209_066
September Spartanburg County SC
Phyllaries persistent, in 2-3 series, subequal, spreading in fruit, per Flora of North America.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9209_069
September Spartanburg County SC
Leaves narrow, long-tapered at both ends, opposite, and held horizontally, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9209_083
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm9709_308
September Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eclipta_prostrata
September
Flowers are in small axillary and terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.