Eclipta prostrata

Eclipta prostrata, commonly known as false daisy, yerba de tago, guntagalagara aaku, Karisalankanni, and bhringraj, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of the world.

"E. alba" redirects here. For the bat, see Ectophylla alba.

Eclipta prostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eclipta
Species:
E. prostrata
Binomial name
Eclipta prostrata
(L.) L.
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Verbesina prostrata L.
  • Eclipta undulata Willd.
  • Eclipta patula Schrad. ex DC.
  • Micrelium tolak Forssk.
  • Cotula oederi Murray
  • Eclipta longifolia Schrad. ex DC.
  • Eclipta dichotoma Raf.
  • Eclipta zippeliana Blume
  • Spilanthes pseudo-acmella (L.) Murray
  • Eclipta philippinensis Gand.
  • Eclipta ciliata Raf.
  • Eclipta heterophylla Bartl.
  • Cotula prostrata (L.) L.
  • Verbesina pseudoacmella L.
  • Eclipta brachypoda Michx.
  • Galinsoga oblonga DC.
  • Verbesina conyzoides Trew
  • Amellus carolinianus Walter
  • Anthemis viridis Blanco
  • Anthemis cotula-foetida Crantz
  • Eupatoriophalacron album (L.) Hitchc.
  • Eclipta oederi (Murray) Weigel
  • Eclipta linearis Otto ex Sweet
  • Buphthalmum diffusum Vahl ex DC.
  • Eclipta punctata L.
  • Bellis ramosa Jacq.
  • Eclipta simplex Raf.
  • Eclipta procumbens Michx.
  • Eclipta tinctoria Raf.
  • Verbesina alba L.
  • Eleutheranthera prostrata (L.) Sch.Bip.
  • Eclipta palustris DC.
  • Acmella lanceolata Link ex Spreng.
  • Eclipta strumosa Salisb.
  • Eclipta nutans Raf.
  • Eclipta dubia Raf.
  • Eclipta sulcata Raf.
  • Eclipta dentata B.Heyne ex Wall.
  • Eclipta marginata Boiss.
  • Eclipta spicata Spreng.
  • Chamaemelum foetidum Baumg.
  • Eclipta patula Schrad.
  • Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
  • Cotula alba (L.) L.
  • Wilborgia oblongifolia Hook.
  • Anthemis cotuloides Raf. ex DC.
  • Ecliptica alba (L.) Kuntze
  • Eclipta arabica Steud.
  • Grangea lanceolata Poir.
  • Galinsoga oblongifolia (Hook.) DC.
  • Eclipta adpressa Moench
  • Eclipta erecta L.
  • Wedelia psammophila Poepp.
  • Artemisia viridis Blanco
  • Chamaemelum foetidum Garsault
  • Eclipta flexuosa Raf.
  • Bellis racemosa Steud.
  • Anthemis sulphurea Wall. ex Nyman
  • Eclipta thermalis Bunge
  • Eclipta marginata Steud.
  • Polygyne inconspicua Phil.
  • Eclipta parviflora Wall. ex DC.
  • Eclipta angustifolia C.Presl
  • Paleista brachypoda (Michx.) Raf.
  • Eclipta longifolia Schrad.
  • Anthemis cotula Blanco
  • Anthemis abyssinica J.Gay ex A.Rich.
  • Eclipta hirsuta Bartl.

This plant has cylindrical, grayish roots. Solid, circular, purplish stems with white fine hairs 0.8m. Leaves arranged in opposite pairs, hairy in two-sided, lanceolate, serrated 2–12.5 cm long, 5-35 mm wide. The solitary flower heads are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter, with white florets. The bumpy achenes are compressed and narrowly winged.

This species grows commonly in moist places in warm temperate to tropical areas worldwide. It is widely distributed throughout India, Nepal, China, Thailand, Bangladesh and Brazil.

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