Singapore daisy
അമ്മിണിപ്പൂস্বর্ণবিন্দু
Wedelia trilobata
Kew's current name: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Trailing Daisy, Creeping Ox-eye, Singapore Daisy, Creeping wild daisy, Wedelia
Formerly Acmella brasiliensis, Acmella spilanthoides, Buphthalmum heterophyllum, Buphthalmum procumbens, and 20 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to S. Trop. America and TrinidadKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from UF/IFAS, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from UF/IFAS, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -8 °C (USDA zone 8b)Read from NC State Extension and UF/IFAS, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: NC State Extension -6.7 °C; UF/IFAS -9.4 °C
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 南美蟛蜞菊, 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 (南美蟛蜞菊)
- Spanish
- Botoncillo, Botón de Oro, Botoncillo de Monte
- Chinese (China)
- 南美蟛蜞菊
- Japanese
- アメリカハマグルマ
- Czech
- wedelie trojlaločná
- root
- venvenn kawayib, Vedélia, Margaridinha-da-praia
- Portuguese
- Margaridão, Marcela, Picão-da-praia
- French
- Gazon japonais
- Swedish
- ampelkrage
- Thai
- กระดุมทองเลื้อย
- Afrikaans
- Singapoer-madeliefie
- Russian
- Веделия трёхлопастная
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- UF/IFAS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Wedelia trilobata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.