Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 900 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Erect annual herb to 80 cm high; stems terete, branched, slightly pubescent, brownish; leaves in remote pairs, petiolate, lanceolate to hastate, 3-12 cm long, 1-6 cm wide, flaccid, pubescent, prominently veined; margins irregularly dentate or sinuate-toothed.

Capitula c. 1 cm diam., on peduncles shorter than the leaves; outer involucral bracts irregularly patent, narrowly spathulate, 7-11 mm long, densely covered with dark stalked glands; ray florets c. 8; ligules 1-2 mm long, broadly oblong, 2- or 3-toothed at the apex, yellow; disk florets 10-15, yellow; receptacular scales obovate, obtuse, pubescent.

Achenes 2-3 mm long, slightly angled, black.

	Branch, leaf, capitulum and achene.
Image source: fig. 649b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Henry & Pritchard (1975) Weeds of New Guinea, p. 78.

Distribution:  Widespread in the Old World tropics and subtropics. Mainly in forests and along creeks, also a weed of waste ground.   All States. Conservation status: native Flowering time: most of the year.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available