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Habit :<br />

Stem :<br />

Leaves :<br />

Flowers :<br />

Fruits :<br />

320<br />

A hispid, procumbent herb.<br />

Tridax procumbens L.<br />

Common Name : Coatbuttons<br />

<strong>Family</strong> : Asteraceae<br />

Up to 60 cm tall; base woody, sometimes<br />

rooting at the nodes.<br />

Ovate, 2-7 cm long and 1-4 cm wide, apex acute<br />

or acuminate, base cuneate, margins serrate to<br />

coarsely dentate or trilobed.<br />

Flowers borne in small, solitary, terminal<br />

heads; peduncles 10-20 cm long; ray florets<br />

strap-shaped, white; disc florets yellow.<br />

Achenes black, turbinate, 2-2.5 mm long with<br />

feathery pappus.<br />

<strong>Weed</strong> ID Manual

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