CHR 499125 – Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499125
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 January 1995
Database record updated:
30 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-04 (Verbatim: 4 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Outskirts of Rakahanga Village
Verbatim locality:
Outskirts of Rakahanga Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4434/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Margin of old taro swamp, or moist soil.
Notes:
Herbs 40-50 cm high, sometimes lower or taller (to c. 70 cm). Leaves light green, membranous and very quickly wilting. Capitula ± erect at anthesis, c. 5 mm across; florets white; fruiting pedicels recurved and capitulum then pendent. Achenes black. Locally abundant.
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