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Published In: Mantissa Plantarum 2: 286. 1771. (Mant. Pl.) Name publication detailView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 5/8/2022)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 2/27/2022)
Contributor Text: Anjum Perveen & M. Qaiser
Contributor Institution: Centre for Plant Conservation, University of Karachi – PAKISTAN
Synonym Text:

Verbesina prostrata L., Sp. Pl. 2: 902. 1753; Eclipta alba (L.) Hasskarl, Pl. Jav. Rar. 528. 1848; Hook. f., l. c. 304; Clarke, Comp. Ind. 134. 1876.

Flower/Fruit:

Fl.Per.:June–Sept.                                       Engl. Vern.: False daisy

Type:

Lectotype: Habit in India, the Plate Chrysanthemum maderaspatanum, Menthae argensis….. in L. Plukenet Phytographia t. 118, f. 5. 1691. (designated by Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 74.1983).

Distribution:

A pentropical weed, probably native of South America.

Comment/Acknowledgements:

 

A common species of semiaquatic and moist habitat, along roadsides, water channels and near cultivated fields. Ascending from plains to ± 1700 m.

Map Location:

B–7 Jabba (Swat), 3.9.1966, Sadaruddin s. n. (KUH); near Palika, Muzaffarabad Distt., fl. white, 4. 9. 1986, M. Qaiser 8093 (KUH); Swat, between Matla & Khawaza Khela, river bed area, erect perennial herb, c. 50 cm, tall fl. white, 5.10.1988, A. Ghafoor & Tahir Ali 3970 (KUH); c. 82 km from Mansehra on way to Besham, prostrate herb, fl. white, 30.9.1989, S. I. Ali, W. Sugong, Tahir Ali & G. Ke 3113 (KUH); C–6 Lower Kurram Valley, Manduri Aitchison 7 (K); C–7 About 35 miles from Naushehra on way to Khushab, prostrate herb. white flowers, M. Qaiser 2715 (KUH); Khushab Distt., 6 miles before Quaidabad, suberect, 35 cm, soil sandy clay loam, 27.8.1971, Sultanul Abedin 9338 (KUH); along water channel, c. 10 km from Khoshab, on way to Naushehra, prostrate fl. white, 8.9.1989, Tahir Ali & Tufail Ahmed 1796 (KUH); Johar Garden, Sargodha, herb, white fl., 35 cm, 30.4.69, Sultanul Abedin 2492 (KUH); Wah Garden, herb, white fl., sandy clay, alt. ± 1800, 19.12.69, M. Qaiser 275 (KUH); Kalar Kahar near police station, semi erect, white fl.,24.10.70, s. A. Farooqi & M. Qaiser 2801 (KUH); 1 mile from Choha Saidan Shah on way to Kalar Kahar, subprostrate 15 cm height, white flowers, 16.8.1972, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 4582 (KUH); c. 15 km from Kotli on way to Palandari, fl. white, near water, 16.9.1987, Tahir Ali, M. Qaiser & M. Ajmal Khan 192 (KUH); c. 41 km from Rawalpindi on way to Murree, prostrate, fl. white, 13.9.1989, Tahir Ali & S. Nadeem Ahsan 1956 (KUH); C–8  c. 15 km from Kotli on way to Palandari, near waste, fl. white, 16.9.1987, Tahir Ali & M. Qaiser & M. Ajmal Khan 192 (KUH); D–4 Harnai, herb, waterlogged, white fl., 45 cm, 3228' altitude, 29.12.68, M. Qaiser s. n. (KUH); c. 2 miles from Bela, on way to Khuzdar, white fl., height c. 20 cm, 11.10.78, Kamal Akhter & S. Nizamuddin 939 (KUH); D–6 near water, 2 miles from D. I. Khan on way to Bannu along roadside herb, erect, fl. white, 15.6.70, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1616 (KUH); near Khoshab bridge, between Khushab and Sargodha, on road to Sargodha in roadside moist depression, erect perennial herb, c. 30 cm tall, herbs, white fl., common, 2.10.1988, A. Ghafoor & Tahir Ali 3835 (KUH); D–7 near village Ratta Tibba, c. 140 miles from S. R. between Huddan and Vehari; in cultivated field, prostrate fl. yellow, common in rice field, 26.9.1988, A. Ghafoor & Tahir Ali 3591 (KUH); D–8 Lahore, 1961, Shannem Aisha s. n. (KUH); Lahore, Changa Manga, herb, most sandy loam, flowers white, height 60 cm, 25.12.69, M. Qaiser 338 (KUH); Lahore Stadium, herb, loam sandy clay, 29.4.69, Sultanul Abedin 2454 (KUH); Shalamar Garden Lahore, prostrate herb, sandy clay, white, 27.4.69, Sultanul Abedin 2373 (KUH); 4 miles from Pattoki, on way to Multan, semi prostrate, fl. white, 7.10.70, S. A. Farooqi & M. Qaiser 3578 (KUH); E–5 Larkana Distt., 10 miles from Larkana, on way to Jacobabad,semiprostrate herb, fl. white, lower in rice field, 7.9.70, S. A. Farooqi & M. Qaiser 2232 (KUH); 1 mile from Rajanpur, Rahimyar Khan, white fl., soil sandy clay, 21.5.72, Sultanul Abedin 2549 (KUH); F–2 Turbat, growing along Nali under tree fruits garden, 12.2.69, S. I. Ali, S. A. Farooqi, Sultanul Abedin 909 (KUH); Palm Garden, Turbat, soil wet, clay sand, procumbent, 5 cm, 1.4.1971, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6522 (KUH); F–3 Hushab, behind rest house, herb prostrate, sandy clay, fl. white, 18.4.69, Sultanul Abedin 2083 (KUH); (12 miles from Hoshab on way to Turbat, prostrate herb, fl. white, wet sandy soil, 25.3.71, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6017; Mashke–Gajar area, c. 90 km from Awaran on way to Khuzdar, erect herb, c. 25 cm tall, fl. white, growing on margin of running water, 8.3.1990, A. Ghafoor & Steve M. Goodman 4438 (KUH); F–5 Khairpur Distt., Kotdiji, near water, common, fl. white, 27.10.55, S. M. H. Jafri 1046 (KUH); G–4 c. 30 cm tall, 12 miles from Dadu on Dadu–Moro Road, heads white, 25.1.1969, S. A. Farooqi & Sultanul Abedin 4786 (KUH); Dadu Distt., Manchar lake, Shah Hasan, prostrate herb, fl. and head white, sandy near nail (habitat), 23.1.1969, S. I. Ali, Sultanul Abedin & S. A. Farooqi 375 (KUH); c. 5 miles from Saidabad on way to Dadu, semi erect herb, fl. white, 10.11.82, Kamal A. Malik, M. Qaiser, S. Omer & Gohar Khan 2205 (KUH); Malir Cantt., 16.8.1954, S. R. B. Rizwi s. n. (KUH); Nazimabad, 5.10.1956, Hafizuddin Khan s. n. (KUH); Rice Research Station, Karachi, 26.10.1957, S. I. Ali s. n. (KUH); Nazimabad, 21.8.1958, Agha A. Husain s. n. (KUH); Uthal, 3.10.1959, Muhammad Tariq  s. n. (KUH); Dhabeji, 7.10.1960, Siraj A. Rizvi s. n. (KUH); Gharo near Water Filter Plant, 16.5.1964, Khan Bahadur s. n. (KUH); 10 miles from Keti Bandar, aquatic, head white, 4.3.1972, Sultanul Abedin, M. Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 9405 (KUH); Dokri Rice Station, suberect, 15–20 cm, 5.5.76, Nazimuddin, Sultanul Abedin & M. Qaiser 135 (KUH); Chach Haju Suleman Mallani Distt., Thatta, erect, whie, 17.11.74, A. Ghafoor & Z. L. Butt 876 (KUH); Karachi Distt.: University Campus, Karachi, stem high, white head, 6.7.1986, Saood Omer & Rizwan Yousuf 2008 (KUH); G–5 Tandojam, 27.10.1957, Mushtaq Hussain s. n. (KUH); 4 miles from Hyderabad, soil sandy clay, 18.9.69, Sultanul Abedin  3823 (KUH); G. M. Bangel, Ghulam Mohd. Barrage, Jamshoro, prostarate herb, white  fl., 22.8.1968, Sultanul Abedin 3475 (KUH); near Hyderabad Fisheries Office, 17.7.1980, S. Sheharyar Naqvi s. n. (KUH); 1 km from Sajawal, 30.8.89, Rizwan Yusuf & Gohar Khan 4081 (KUH); Sajawal, erect, fl. whilte, 17.6.88, Nadeem & Moin 18 (KUH); G–6 Nagar Parker, Budhesar, semi erect, fl. white, common, 26.10.70,  M. Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & S. Abrar 4081 (KUH).


 

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Annual, prostrate, sometimes erect, 8–45 cm tall, herbs. Stem branched, brown, strigose, appressed hairy. Leaves ± sessile, cauline, acute, crenate, stiffly hairy on either side, linear to lanceolate, 3–7 (–10) cm long, (0.3–) 0.5–2.5 cm wide. Capitula radiate, 0.5–1 cm across. Peduncles 1–6 cm long.  Phyllaries 2–seriate, ciliate, ovate to lanceolate, outer 5, broadly ovate, 5–6.5 mm long, inner 5, linear, 4–5 mm long. Receptacle flat,  paleae narrowly linear, ca 3 mm long. Ray florets white, 4–5 mm long bisexual, ligule 2–lipped. Disc florets numerous, white, corolla ca 1.5 mm long, 4–lobed, campanulate. Stigma flattened. Cypselas golden brown to dark black, 2.5–3 mm long, tuberculate to smooth, with 2 corky margins.

 
 
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