Spilanthes calva DC.

Common Name : Para cress
Family : Asteraceae

HABIT

AN ANNUAL HERB.

STEMS

UP TO 60 CM TALL; ERECT OR DECUMBENT AT BASE, MORE OR LESS HAIRY.

LEAVES

OPPOSITE, TRIANGULAR OVATE OR LANCEOLATE, MARGINS DENTATE OR ALMOST ENTIRE, SPARSELY PUBESCENT BENEATH.

FLOWERS

FLOWER HEADS OVOID, PALE YELLOW OR WHITE, LONG-PEDUNCLED, SOLITARY OR IN TERMINAL PANICLES.

FRUITS

 ACHENES OBOVATE TO TRIGONOUS WITH CILIATE EDGES.