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| Coat Buttons (Mexican Daisy) |
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Name - Tridax procumbens L. |
Family
- Compositae |
| Hairy perennial from a taproot.
Stems ascending or usually prostrate. Leaves opposite,
fairy, with short petioles. Leaf margins irregular with
large, rough teeth and small lobes. Flowers white or yellowish,
in heads on long stalks at the tips of stems and branches.
Seeds with many hairs at tip. Reproduces by seed. Found
in turf, open pinewoods and disturbed areas. Occurs in
central and southern peninsula of Florida and Hawaii.
Also found in the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South
America, Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, New Guinea, the
Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania. |
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