Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. Ex Wight.

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.