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