Common Name : Red tassel flower Family : Asteraceae
HABIT
ANNUAL HERB UP TO 40 CM TALL.
STEMS
SLENDER, ERECT OR DIFFUSE.
LEAVES
VERY VARIABLE; THE LOWER PETIOLED, LYRATE OR ABOVATE, TOOTHED OR
ENTIRE; THE UPPER (CAULINE LEAVES) MORE OR LESS EMPLEXICAUL AND AURICLED,
USUALLY ACUTE.
FLOWERS
PINK OR PURPLISH, BORNE IN
SOLITARY OR CORYMBOSE HEADS UP TO 1.3 CM LONG; PEDUNCLES VERY SLENDER,
NODDING WHEN YOUNG.
FRUITS
ACHENES 0.3 CM LONG, NARROWLY
OBLONG, 5-RIBBED, BROWN, SCABRID ON THE RIBS, ATTACHMENT TO A WHITE, SOFT
PAPPUS.