Trailing Daisy
Sphagneticola trilobata
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
How to identify Trailing Daisy
Identify Trailing Daisy by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Trailing Daisy.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sphagneticola trilobata
- Genus
- Sphagneticola
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Chandigarh, Manipur, Mizoram
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves are fleshy, hairy, 4–9 cm long and 2–5 cm wide, serrate or irregularly toothed, normally with pairs of lateral lobes, and dark green above and lighter green below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Leaves are fleshy, hairy, 4–9 cm long and 2–5 cm wide, serrate or irregularly toothed, normally with pairs of lateral lobes, and dark green above and lighter green below.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Trailing Daisy itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Trailing Daisy itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Trailing Daisy
Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) is a species in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 24 other states.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Trailing Daisy belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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