Spilanthes calva DC. Common Name : Para cressFamily : 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.