Sphagneticola trilobata

• Botanical Name : Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
• Synonyms : Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc., Silphium trilobatum L.
• Common Name : Singapore Daisy, Trailing Daisy, Yellow Dots, Creeping Daisy, Wedelia
• Plant Family : Asteraceae (Compositae)
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 17
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Aranya Van

About Sphagneticola trilobata Plant :

• Habit : A spreading perennial herb with rounded stems, rooting at the nodes.
• Leaves : Fleshy, hairy, serrated or irregularly toothed, dark-green above and lighter green below.
• Flowers :
  • Bracteate, bracts chaffy, lanceolate, rigid.
  • Ray florets bright yellow to orange-yellow, daisy-like.
• Fruits : Tuberculate achenes with elongated brown seeds.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : Almost throughout the year.
• Significance : It is generally grown as an ornamental plant.