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*Eclipta prostrata* is a species of annual, herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus *Eclipta* and is classified within the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also referred to by common names such as false daisy, Yerba de tago, Eclipta Couché, Eclipte Blanche, and marsh eclipta. Its fruit type is an achene.
The taxon range includes Brazil, Beijing, China, and the pampa. It has been introduced to regions including Afghanistan, Albania, Andaman Is., Angola, Aruba, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, and Bulgaria. The species is noted as invasive to China. It has uses as a medicinal plant, vegetable, and drink.
The IUCN conservation status for *Eclipta prostrata* is Least Concern, a designation from 2017. The species was described by the source Gujin Tushu Jicheng.
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Species
Least Concernmarsh eclipta
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Common Name: Eclipta
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10,385
- With media
- 5,990
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, ECOSUR, UACH, FC-UNAM, INECOL, FA-UAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- annual plant
- Parent taxon
- Eclipta
- Image
- Starr 030807-0168 Eclipta prostrata.jpg
- Has use
- drink
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- Commons category
- Eclipta prostrata
- taxon name
- Eclipta prostrata
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Eclipta prostrata
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- கைகேசி
- has fruit type
- achene
- taxon range
- Gabon
- invasive to
- China
- short name
- E. prostrata
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Eclipta&species=prostrata
- taxon author citation
- (L.) L.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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Encyclopedic overview
Eclipta prostrata, the false daisy, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the world.
This plant has cylindrical, grayish roots. Solid, circular, purplish stems with white fine hairs 0.8m. Leaves arranged in opposite pairs, hairy in two-sided, lanceolate, serrated 2–12.5 cm long, 5–35 mm wide. The solitary flower heads are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter, with white florets. The bumpy achenes are compressed and narrowly winged.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eclipta prostrata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.