Cotula sororia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Cotula

Characteristics

Thinly pilose, diffusely branched, annual herb, 30-150 mm high. Leaves alternate, scarcely clasping at base, petiolate, bipinnatisect, lobes linear, acute. Capitula disciform, solitary on filiform long or short peduncle; involucral bracts ovate-oblong, membranous edged. Outer female florets in 1 row, corolla reduced. Disc florets tubular below, almost transparent, globose above, 4-lobed, yellow. Pappus absent. Cypselae of outer female florets winged, of disc florets obovate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cotula sororia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:198578-1
WFO ID wfo-0000114733
COL ID YYRK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cotula sororia