Cotula anthemoides L.

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Synonyms:	Cotula dichrocephala A. Rich.
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Description:	Annual, erect or procumbent, herb, to 30 cm. Leaves pinnatisect to 2-pinnatisect with dentate lobes, lanceolate in outline, arachnoid-pubescent when young becoming hairless; base semi-amplexicaul. Capitula solitary, terminal, ± spherical, borne on a short peduncle, 0.6-1.3 cm long. Phyllaries obovate, with scarious margins, borne in 2 rows. Disc florets yellow or pale yellow; outer florets similar to the inner ones, with a corolla; outer florets stalked; inner florets without stalks. Achenes 1.2-1.5 mm long, dorsiventrally flattened, with narrow wings widening above.
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Derivation of specific name:	anthemoides: resembling an Anthemis, another genus in the Asteraceae
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Worldwide distribution:	Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, southern Africa, Arabia, India and China; a widespread weed in warm regions of the Old World
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Zambian distribution (Provinces):	C,S,W
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Content last updated:	Sunday 14 October 2018
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. (ed.) (2002). Compositae (Part 2) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 525. Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 133. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 24. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 32.

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