Family:
Asteraceae
Synonym: Artemisia minima L., Cotula minima (L.) Willd.
Habit:
Herb
Habitat:
Paddy fields and along river banks
Distribution:
Temperate biome
Key identification features:
Prostrate glabrous herbs; stems slender. Leaves alternate, obovate, obtuse,
cuneate at base, dentate. Heads axillary, sessile, hemispherical; Flowers
2-types. Female flowers in outer few rows; corolla yellow. Bisexual flowers
inner, few; corolla yellow; Achenes
obovate, 4-angled, ciliate, brown; pappus absent.
Flowering and Fruiting: February-March
Uses: Treatment
of whooping cough, nasal allergy, malaria, and asthma.
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