卤地菊 Melanthera prostrata

  • Scientific Name: Wollastonia dentata (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Orchard
  • Ref: Nuytsia 23:397. 2013
  • Synonyms: Eclipta dentata H.Lév. & Vaniot; Melanthera prostrata (Hemsl.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.; Seruneum prostratum Kuntze; Wedelia prostrata Hemsl.; Wollastonia prostrata Hook. & Arn.
  • Chinese Common Name: 卤地菊 lǔdì∙jú
  • Japanese Common Name: ネコノシタ [猫の舌] nekonoshita
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Genus: Wollastonia
  • Distribution: Littoral sand dunes, sandy seashores. Guangdong, Taiwan [Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam].
  • Photo: 09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang
Stems long creeping, rooting at nodes, coarsely hirsute; flowering branches ascending, leafy, densely strigose. Cauline leaves with 2-8 mm petiole, oblong, sometimes ovate or lanceolate, thickly leathery, coarsely strigose on both surfaces, 3-veined, base cuneate, margin loosely dentate, apex acute. Capitula 5-22 × 16-22 mm, usually solitary, terminal; peduncle 1-7 cm; involucre hemispheric, 10-12 × 5-6 mm; phyllaries 1-seriate, ovate to ovate-oblong, 2-3.5 mm wide, coarsely strigose, apex acute to obtuse. Ray corollas yellow, 8-11 × ca. 4 mm. Disk corollas tubular, 5-6 mm, 5-lobed. Achenes 3.5-4 × ca. 2 mm, apically strigillose, 3- or 4-angled; pappus bristles 1 or 2, or obsolete. 2n = 30. (Flora of China)

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

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