Sea Daisy
Wedelia biflora
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- May-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Wedelia biflora
- Genus
- Wedelia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Occasional in tidal forests, also on sandy sea shore
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Goa, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Mizoram, Manipur, Ladakh, Nagaland, Haryana, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Tripura, Chandigarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The leaves are ovate, shortly tapering at the base.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sea Daisy itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“It produces small yellow flower heads with a diameter of about 8–10 mm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sea Daisy itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- ऐस्टरेसिए
- Tamil
- சூரியகாந்திக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- ఆస్టరేసి
- Malayalam
- ആസ്റ്റ്രേസീ
- Urdu
- تارا پھول
About Sea Daisy
Sea daisy (Wedelia biflora) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 30 other states. It grows in occasional in tidal forests, also on sandy sea shore. Flowering and fruiting run from May to June.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and harvested for fodder. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Sea Daisy belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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