Common in open areas Young shoots are used as vegetable and the shoots are fed to cattle. Crushed leaves are used in the treatment of rheumatism.
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uses
Young shoots are used as vegetable and the shoots are fed to cattle. Crushed leaves are used in the treatment of rheumatism.
family
Asteraceae
synonym
Verbesina nodiflora L., Wedelia cryptocephala Peter
description
Erect herbs; stem adpressed, × hairy. Leaves simple, opposite, 4-8 2-4 cm, elliptic-ovate, apex acute, base cuneate to truncate, narrowly winged on the petiole, margin serrate, scabrous on both sides, basally 3-nerved; petiole to 3 cm. Heads solitary, sessile, axillary and terminal, few- flowered, 0.5-1 cm across, radiate. Phyllaries 2-seriate; outer foliaceous, inner paleaceous. Flowers heterogamous, yellow. Ray flowers: female; corolla tube 2-2.5 mm long; ligule 1-2 mm long, 2-3-lobed; ovary 3 mm long, oblong, winged; style-arms acute. Disc flowers: bisexual; corolla tube 2-3 mm long, lobes 5; stamens 5, included, ovary 2-3 mm long; achenes 3-4 mm long, dimorphic; of ray florets dorsally compressed, with lacerate wings; of disc florets trigonous, not winged, with 2 or 3 rigid awns. SATNAD .J.K/OAF Th roughout the year