Eclipta prostrata L.

English: White eclipta

German: Mehlblume, Sumpfgänseblümchen

Mandarin: 鳢肠 (li chang)

Portuguese: Botão de Santo Antonio

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Eclipta (1)

            Epithet: prostrata L. (3)

Synonyms: Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk., Eclipta erecta L., Eclipta punctata Linnaeus, Verbesina alba L., Verbesina prostrata L., Wilborgia oblongifolia Hook.

alba => white

erecta => upright, perpendicular

oblongifolia => oblong leaves

prostrata => lying flat on the ground

punctata => spotted

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

Check for Eclipta prostrata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [250] Eclipta prostrata - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [397] Bhringraj or Bhengra - New Crops Resource Online Program
• [535] Eclipta prostrata - Plants For A Future database

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.
• [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.