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Sphagneticola trilobata

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Pruski

Common Names

• Cachulon
• Marigold
• Romerillo de Playa Otro (Cuba)
• Herbe á Couresse á Femme (Leeward Islands)
• Patte-de-canard (Leeward Islands)
• Herbe Soleil (Leeward Islands
• Windward Islands)
• Bouton d'or (Leeward Islands
• Windward Islands)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Oct-Nov (Cuba)
• Jul (Jamaica)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Jamaica)

Sometimes scandent or creeping perennial almost glabrous succulent herb, stems & leaves puberulous or pubescent. Crenate-serrate-3-lobed leaves to 120mm x 75mm. Solitary terminal or axillary flowers, yellow corolla, 5 green phyllaries, 8-11 ray flowers to 15mm long, 20-28 disc flowers to 7.5mm long. Achenes to 5mm x 3mm.

Medicinal

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Mobot
• SAFIO
• Standley