Eclipta prostrata

Species category

Weed

Common name

false daisy

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 2.5 mm
  • Width 1 mm
  • Thickness 1 mm

Color

Light brown

Texture

Surface is covered with large, rounded and irregular tubercles.

Other structures

Both the basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
and apicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
ends are truncated.

Identification notes

ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end is wider than basalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end. AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
has four longitudinal corners, appearing somewhat square in cross-section.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Oklahoma 

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

Synonyms

Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
Eclipta erecta L.
Verbesina alba L.
Verbesina prostrata L.

 Eclipta prostrata.  Achenes that are covered with large, rounded, and irregular tubercles.
Eclipta prostrata. Achenes that are covered with large, rounded, and irregular tubercles.