Sphagneticola trilobata




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Synonyms Acmella brasiliensis Sprengel; Acmella spilanthoides Cassini; Buphthalmum repens Lamarck; Buphthalmum strigosum Sprengel; Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother; Polymnia carnosa Poiret; Polymnia carnosa Poiret var. aspera (Richard) Poiret; Polymnia carnosa Poiret var. glabella (Richard) Poiret; Polymnia carnosa Poiret var. triloba (Richard) Poiret; Seruneum paludosum (de Candolle) Kuntze; Seruneum trilobatum (L.) Kuntze; Silphium trilobatum L.; Sphagneticola ulei O. Hoffmann; Stemmodontia trilobata (L.) Small; Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H. Robinson & Cuatrecasas; Wedelia brasiliensis (Sprengel) S. F. Blake; Verbesina carnosa M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez; Verbesina carnosa M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez var. aspera (Richard) M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez; Verbesina carnosa M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez var. triloba (Richard) M. Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez; Wedelia carnosa Richard ex Sprengel; Wedelia carnosa Richard ex Sprengel var. aspera Richard; Wedelia carnosa Richard ex Sprengel var. glabella Richard; Wedelia carnosa Richard ex Sprengel var. triloba Richard; Wedelia crenata Richard; Wedelia paludicola Poepping & Endlicher; Wedelia paludosa de Candolle; Wedelia triloba (Richard) Bello; Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchcock
Common name (Japanese common name) america hama-guruma [American coastal wheel], mitsuba-hama-guruma [tree leaves coastal wheel]
(English common name) Singapore daisy, Singapoer-madeliefie
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Chromosomal number n=28, 2n=56
Description Plants creeping. Leaves 5-18cm long, 1-5cm wide. Flowers yellow head ca. 1.5-2cm, flowering in all seasons. Perennial plants.
Reference Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Sphagneticola trilobata (Linnaeus) Pruski
Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Sphagneticola trilobata
Plant extracts as mucosal-protective agents (US Patent 5130133/1992)
Plant extracts as mucosal-protective agents (WIPO Patent WO/1992/006699)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced as a garden plant.).



September 2005
at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
September 2005
at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden