Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.

Erect tropical daisy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Egletes

Characteristics

Plants aromatic, densely viscid with stipitate-glandular trichomes, mixed with much longer, translucent, non-glandular hairs 1–3 mm . Stems erect to decumbent. Leaf blades sublyrate to pinnatifid, 20–70(–120) mm . Ray laminae elliptic-obovate, 0.5–0.8(–1.6) mm wide. Disc corollas 1.2–1.5 mm. Cypselae 1.2–1.7 mm, short-stipitate-glandular; pappi uneven rings. 2n = 54.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified)
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Distribution

Egletes viscosa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1037395-2
WFO ID wfo-0000126274
COL ID 6DYZW
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Synonyms

Egletes viscosa Cotula viscosa Platystephium graveolens Egletes viscosa var. dissecta Egletes viscosa f. viscosa Egletes viscosa var. viscosa