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Common name

Mandarin: 鱼眼草 (yu yan cao)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Dichrocephala (1)

            Epithet: integrifolia Kuntze (3)

Synonyms: Dichrocephala auriculata (Thunb.) Druce, Dichrocephala bicolor (Roth) Schltdl., Ethulis auriculata Thunb., Hippia integrifolia L. f.

auriculata => ear-shaped

bicolor => two colored

integrifolia => having leaves with unbroken smooth edge

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green, white

External links

Check for Dichrocephala integrifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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