Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eclipta prostrata
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, 1938)
Verbesina alba
COMMON NAME:
Eclipta, Pie-plant, 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 (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eclipta prostrata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eclipta prostrata
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, 1938)
Verbesina alba
2221
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Moist or wet disturbed areas, ditches, shores, disturbed bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: White
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p190
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p120
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p074
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p291
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p215
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