Naturalised
A small spreading annual herb ; up to ± 30 cm long , with cylindrical , grayish roots . Stems ± erect or decumbent , much branched , sometimes mat-forming , fleshy or sappy , purplish-brown , adpressed-pubescent . Leaves opposite , 25-60 x 9-15 mm , lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate , base cuneate , apex acute , margins shallowly serrate , adpressed-pubescent to scabrous , midrib prominent on the lower surface ; petiole up to 6 mm . Inflorescences solitary or paired flower heads arise from the leaf nodes . Flowers ray flowers white , pistillate ; disc flowers white , perfect , tubular . Fruit achene , 2-3 mm long , compressed , black or brown , triangular , winged . Seeds pappus , a minute hairy corona , semmingly being absent . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Frequent
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Cotula prostrata (L.) L.
Eclipta alba var. prostrata (L.) Miq.
Eclipta alba f. prostrata (L.) Hassk.
Eclipta erecta var. prostrata (L.) Baker
Ecliptica alba var. prostrata (L.) Kuntze
Eleutheranthera prostrata (L.) Sch.Bip.
Verbesina prostrata L.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
Eclipta
False Daisy
Ink Plant
Mayweed
Pie Plant
Poison Daisy
Stinking Chamomile
Not used traditionally.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://southwestdesertflora.com *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. ISBN 9781842461778. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
