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Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. Ex Wight.
Annual herb up to 40 cm tall.
Slender, erect or diffuse .
Common Name : Red tassel flower
Family : Asteraceae
Very variable; the lower petioled, lyrate or
abovate, toothed or entire; the upper (cauline
leaves) more or less emplexicaul and auricled,
usually acute.
Pink or purplish, borne in solitary or
corymbose heads up to 1.3 cm long; peduncles
very slender, nodding when young.
Achenes 0.3 cm long, narrowly oblong, 5ribbed,
brown, scabrid on the ribs, attachment
to a white, soft pappus.
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