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Trailing daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)

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Trailing daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, a perennial herb that spreads and forms mats up to 30 cm high, cylindrical stems, up to 40 cm long, green or red and the segments produce roots.

S. trilobata has thick leaves, dark green or light green, 4-9 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, hairy, serrated or irregularly toothed, usually with a pair of lateral lobes.





Flowers have stalks 3-10 cm long. Flowers are disk-shaped, bright yellow. Seeds are tuberculate achenes, 4-5 mm long. Propagation is mostly vegetative because the seeds are usually infertile.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Sphagneticola O.Hoffm. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 36 (1900)
Species: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 114 (1996)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother in Syst. Bot. Monogr. 33: 14 (1991)
Seruneum trilobatum (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 365 (1891)
Silphium trilobatum L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1233 (1759)
Stemmodontia trilobata (L.) Small in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1262, 1340 (1903)
Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. in Phytologia 72: 142 (1992)
Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 99 (1893)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Acmella brasiliensis Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 592 (1826)
Acmella spilanthoides Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 329 (1822)
Buphthalmum heterophyllum Willd. ex DC. in Prodr. 5: 484 (1836)
Buphthalmum procumbens Desf. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 127 (1821)
Buphthalmum repens Lam. in Encycl. 1: 515 (1785)
Buphthalmum strigosum Spreng. in Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 2: 140 (1821)
Polymnia crenata Poir. in Encycl., Suppl. 4: 482 (1816)
Seruneum paludosum Kuntze (1891)
Sphagneticola ulei O.Hoffm. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 36 (1900)
Stemmodontia carnosa O.F.Cook & G.N.Collins in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 244 (1903)
Verbesina carnosa (Pers.) M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 19: 274 (1890)
Verbesina carnosa var. triloba (Rich. ex Pers.) M.Gómez (1890)
Verbesina tridentata Spreng. (1826)
Wedelia brasiliensis (Spreng.) S.F.Blake in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 26: 250 (1930)
Wedelia carnosa Rich. in C.H.Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 490 (1807)
Wedelia carnosa triloba Rich. (1807)
Wedelia crenata Rich. (1807)
Wedelia paludicola Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 50 (1843)
Wedelia paludosa DC. in Prodr. 5: 538 (1836)
Wedelia paludosa var. latifolia DC. (1836)
Wedelia paludosa var. vialis DC. (1836)
Wedelia pedunculata Mart. ex Colla in Herb. Pedem. 3: 428 (1834)
Wedelia tannensis Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 168 (1836)
Wedelia trilobata var. hirtella O.E.Schulz in Symb. Antill. 7: 558 (1913)
Wedelia trilobata var. pilosissima S.F.Blake in J. Washington Acad. Sci. 21: 332 (1931)

PUBLICATIONS

Beentje, H.J. (2021). Flore du Gabon 56: 1-148. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.

Ghafoor, A. & al. (2021). Flora of Pakistan 224: 1-310. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2021). Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-403.

Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.

Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.

Lorence, D.H. & Wagnwe, W.L. (2020). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 2: 413-1135. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.

Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.

Nurtjahya, E. & al. (2026). Flowering Plants of Bangka Island: Native and Introduced. Acta Botanica Hungarica 68: 127-156.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2024). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 5: 1-432. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Sarder, N.U. & Hassan, M.A. (eds.) (2018). Vascular flora of Chittagong and the Chittagong Hill Tracts 3: 1-978. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Sauerbier, H., Cabrera Calixto, F. & Muer, T. (2023). Flora Vascular de Canarias: 1-1514. Turquesa.

Whistler, A. (2018). Flora of Tokelau: 1-126. Isle Botanica, Honolulu.

Whistler, W.A. (2022). Flora of Samoa Flowering Plants: 1-930. National Tropical Botanicl Garden. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Singapoer-madeliefie
Chinese (simplified): 南美蟛蜞菊
Chinese (traditional): 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 - 南美蟛蜞菊 - 南美蟛蜞菊
Czech: Wedelie trojlaločná
English: Trailing daisy, Singapore daisy, Creeping wild daisy, Wedelia, Bay biscayne creeping-oxeye, Marigold Singapore daisy, Creeping-oxeye
Finnish: Hippusilmä
French: Gazon japonais
German: Goldstern-Wedelie
Hebrew: ודליית הביצות
Hindi: सुनहरा बटन Sunahara batan
Hong Kong: 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 - 南美蟛蜞菊
Indonesian: Wedelia, Seruni
Japanese: アメリカハマグルマ
Javan: Seruni
Lithuanian: Triskiautis legėstaitis
Macao: 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 - 南美蟛蜞菊
Nepali: Sunaulo baṭana
Portuguese: Marcela, Margaridão, Picão-da-praia
Russian: Веделия трёхлопастная
Slovak: Rašelinovka trojlaločná
Spanish: Botón de Oro, Botoncillo, Botoncillo de Monte, Clavelito de muerto, Guaco, Pata de Lancha, Saladillo macho
Sweden: Ampelkrage
Taiwan: 南美蟛蜞菊
Thai: ปุ่มทองคำ - กระดุมทองเลื้อย
Turkish: Singapur Papatyası
Ukrainian: Сфагнетікола трилопатева
Vietnam: Sài Đất Ba Thùy, Hoa cúc leo

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