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Bay Biscayne creeping - oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

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Description:

Spreading, mat - forming perennial herb up to 30 cm in height. Has rounded stems up to 40 cm long, rooting at nodes and with the flowering stems ascending. Leaves are fleshy, hairy, 4 - 9 cm long and 2 - 5 cm wide, serrate or irregularly toothed, normally with pairs of lateral lobes, and dark green above and lighter green below. The flowers are bright yellow ray florets of about 8 - 13 per head, rays are 6 - 15 mm long; disk - corollas 4 - 5 mm long.

Habitat:

Grows best in sunny areas with well - drained, moist soil at low elevations.

Notes:

Native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Listed in the IUCN's " List of the world's 100 worst invasive species ".

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