Distribution in Egypt
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Nile region, oases and Mediterranean region.
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- BA Cultnat
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Global Distribution
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Native to tropical and warm temperate America, naturalized in the Old World.
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Habitat
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Canal banks, edges of springs, wells and swamps.
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- BA Cultnat
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Life Expectancy
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- BA Cultnat
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Description
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Leaf blades 2–10 cm × 4–30+ mm. Ray laminae ca. 2 mm. Disc corollas ca. 1.5 mm. Cypselae ca. 2.5 mm. 2n = 22 (as E. alba).
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Synonym
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Verbesina prostrata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 902. 1753; Eclipta alba (Linnaeus) Hasskarl
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Derivation of specific name
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prostrata: lying flat on the ground; prostrate
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160360
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Annual herb, usually with prostrate or decumbent stems, rooting at the nodes, sometimes suberect. Leaves subsessile, elliptic-lanceolate, up to 12 × 2.5 cm; margins toothed. Capitula solitary in the upper leaf axils, 6-10 mm in diameter. Ray-florets, 1-2 seriate, short, numerous, white.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160360
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Pantropical, possibly originally from Asia.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=160360
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Eclipta pusilla: Brief Summary
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Eclipta pusilla is a Caribbean species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the island of Puerto Rico in the West Indies, part of the United States.
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