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Eclipta prostrata (eclipta)
eclipta
Eclipta prostrata
Identifying Characteristics:
Seed: brown, widest at apex and tapering to base, inconspicuous tuft of very short trichomes
Seedling: Hypocotyle light green to light purple to pink; cotyledons small, green, spatulate, midvein evident on lower surface
Mature Plant: fibrous roots from shallow taproot; erect stem, spreading or prostrate; freely branched, rooting at nodes, green becoming reddish brown or purplish; opposite leaves, simple, petiole lacking, slightly thickened, midvein evident, 2 solitary inflorescence heads, terminal head matures before elongated axillary head, perfect, white
Method of Propagation: seed
Life Cycle: annual herb
References:
Bryson, Charles T. & Michael S DeFelice. "Weeds of the South."