Family: Asteraceae
Synonym: Ceratocephalus acmella var. uliginosa (Sw.) Kuntze, Coreopsis acmella var. uliginosa (Sw.) E.H.L.Krause
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Wet or marshy places
Flowering
& Fruiting: November-February
Distribution:
Probably native of Tropical America; reported from Africa, Sri Lanka, Java and
India
Key identification features:
Marsh Para Cress is an annual herb. Stems are erect, scrambling or sometimes
creeping, green or reddish, hairless or hairy. Leaves are lanceshaped, narrowly
ovate or ovate, hairless to sparsely
hairy. Flower-heads are yellow, solitary, radiate. Achenes are ciliated.
Uses:
Traditionally used as an antibiotic in the
treatment of infectious diseases
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