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Sunflowers, Bellflowers, and Fanflowers of Zihuatanejo

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Trailing Daisy

Sphagneticola trilobata

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies (Order Asterales)

-Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)

-Subfamily Asteroideae

-Sunflowers and Allies (Tribe Heliantheae)

-Subtribe Ecliptinae

-Genus Sphagneticola

-Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)


Sphagneticola trilobata is a creeping, mat-forming perennial herb whicg often creates a dense ground cover. It may also climb a short distance up trees or over other vegetation., growing up to 30 cm tall and 2 m long or more. The inflorescences are bright yellow to orange-yellow daisy-like flowerheads borne singly on erect stalks.

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