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* Botanical name: Sphagneticola trilobata *Family : Asteraceae *Location :Swaminarayan Chhapaiya Gonda District Uttar Pradesh India DESCRIPTION AND ETHNOBOTANY Growth Form Herbaceous creeping perennial shrub, up to 70cm height, forms dense mounded mats over ground. Foliage Leaves glossy green, paler green below, with simple coarse white hairs, serrated margins, sometimes with a pair of lateral lobes. Stems Rounded, rooting at nodes, stolons up to 2m in length or more. Flowers Borne on solitary or branched inflorescences, ray florets yellow (8-13 per head), central disc florets yellow and tubular, flowers freely produced throughout the year in warm tropics. Fruits 3-cornered nuts, very small (3 - 5mm), with corky covering and topped by short scales, mature from green to brown, dispersed by water. Plant seldom sets fertile seed under local conditions. Others - Plant Morphology Note: Avoid using prunings to make garden compost, as live and dead plant matter contain...