False daisy
ಭೃಂಗರಾಜभृंगराजகரியசாலை
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 61 cm
Asteraceae
Formerly Abasoloa taboada, Acmella lanceolata, Aganippea dentata, Amellus carolinianus, and 64 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. & Subtrop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Simplified Chinese
- 墨莱, 墨菜, 旱莲草
- Spanish
- Yerba de tago
- French
- Eclipta Couché, Eclipte Blanche
- Tamil
- கரியசாலை, கையாந்தகரை, கரிசாலை
- Chinese
- 墨旱莲, 旱莲草, 醴肠
- Hindi
- भृंगराज, भृङ्गराज
- Telugu
- గుంటగలగర, గుంటకలగర
- Kannada
- ಭೃಂಗರಾಜ
- Marathi
- माका
- Malayalam
- കയ്യൂന്നി, കയ്യോന്നി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- 3D model: Eclipta prostrata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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