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Blumea lacera (Burm.f) DC.
Common Name : Malay blumea
Family : Asteraceae
An erect, glandular, annual herb with a strong
odor.
Simple or branched, hairy, very leafy and 1-2 ft
in height .
Obovate or oblanceolate, 5-12 cm long, 2-6 cm
wide, smaller towards the top, stalked, and
toothed or (rarely) lobulated at the margins.
The bright yellow flowering heads are about 8
mm across, borne on short axillary cymes, and
collected in terminal, spike-like panicles.
The achenes are not ribbed, somewhat 4angled
and smooth.
Weed ID Manual 49