Eleutheranthera ruderalis

Eleutheranthera ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 24 165 1866. (Syn: Eleutheranthera areolata Klatt; Eleutheranthera discoidea (Less. ex Less.) M.Gómez; Eleutheranthera ovalifolia Baill.; Eleutheranthera ovata Poit. ex Steud.; Eleutheranthera ovata Poit.; Eleutheranthera prostrata var. leiocarpa (Cass.) Hochr.; Eleutheranthera prostrata var. portoriccensis (DC.) Hochr.; Eleutheranthera ruderalis var. radiata Pruski; Fingalia hexagona Schrank; Gymnopsis microcephala Gardner; Kegelia ramossisima Sch.Bip.; Kegelia ruderalis (Sw.) Sch.Bip.; Melampodium ruderale Sw.; Ogiera leiocarpa Cass.; Ogiera ruderalis (Sw.) Griseb.; Ogiera triplinervis Cass.; Ogiera triplinervis var. leiocarpa (Cass.) DC.; Ogiera triplinervis var. portoriccensis DC.; Verbesina foliacea Spreng.; Wedelia discoidea Less.; Wedelia discoidea Schltdl.; Wedelia eclipta Reich.);

 

 

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Annual herbs; stem glabrescent. Leaves 2.5-5.5 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base cuneate, sometimes oblique, apex acute or subobtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, 3-nerved from base; petiole to 1 cm long. Heads 6-12-flowered, axillary, homogamous, non-rayed; peduncle 0.2-1 cm long, erect at first, becomes curved in fruit. Involucral bracts in 2 series, outer leafy, 5-8 x 2-3 mm. Flowers bisexual. Corolla yellow, tubular, 3-4 mm long, 5-lobed. Anthers sagittate at base. Achenes 3-3.5 mm long, obovoid, slightly angled, tubercled, finely pubescent.

Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

(From  India Biodiversity Portal

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