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Asteraceae
Eclipta

not marked as a favorite taxon Eclipta prostrata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus. Common name: Eclipta, Pie-plant, Botoncillo, Botón Blanco, Clavel de Pozo, Yerba de Tajo. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Moist or wet disturbed areas, ditches, shores, disturbed bottomlands. Distribution: MA west to WI, south to s. FL and TX, and southward into the tropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl7, FNA21, GrPl, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tat, Tn, Va, WH3; = Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. — Bah, F, G, GW2, Oh3, RAB, SE1, Tx, W, WV; = Verbesina alba L. — S; Verbesina prostrata Linnaeus. Basionym: Verbesina prostrata L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Eclipta prostrata - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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image #1 of Eclipta prostrata© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Eclipta prostrata© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Eclipta prostrata© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Eclipta prostrata© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Eclipta prostrata© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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image #7 of Eclipta prostrata© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Reclining to ascending, occasionally erect, annual of moist or wet disturbed areas, ditches, pond shores and disturbed bottomlands.

Stems: Stems sprawling, rooting at nodes, branching occasionally, often purplish, covered with stiff hairs that point upward.

Leaves: Leaves opposite (a few upper leaves may be alternate), sessile to short-petiolate, lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, stiff-hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers in terminal and axillary clusters of 1-3 heads; heads about 1/3 in. wide, with many narrow, white ray florets encircling a center composed of tiny, white, tubular disk florets that include dark purple anthers.

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Height: to 2 ft.

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description: Reclining to ascending, occasionally erect, annual of moist or wet disturbed areas, ditches, pond shores and disturbed bottomlands.

stems: Stems sprawling, rooting at nodes, branching occasionally, often purplish, covered with stiff hairs that point upward.

leaves: Leaves opposite (a few upper leaves may be alternate), sessile to short-petiolate, lance-shaped, to 4 in. long, stiff-hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers in terminal and axillary clusters of 1-3 heads; heads about 1/3 in. wide, with many narrow, white ray florets encircling a center composed of tiny, white, tubular disk florets that include dark purple anthers.

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native range: throughout North America



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