PLANTS Profile for Eclipta prostrata (false daisy)

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PLANTS Profile

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.
false daisy


Symbol:		ECPR
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Asteraceae
Growth Habit:		Forb/herb
Duration:		Annual Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Native

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Eclipta alba

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln, NE. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Guidelines.

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Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

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Plant Synonyms:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

	Symbol	Scientific Name	Characteristics	FactSheets	Plant Guides
	ECAL	Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk.
	ECER3	Eclipta erecta L.
	VEAL6	Verbesina alba L.
	VEPR2	Verbesina prostrata L.

Plant Distribution by State:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

State Distributional Map for Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

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	AL AR AZ CA DC DE FL GA HI IA IL IN KS KY LA MA MI	MN MO MS NC NE NJ NM NY OH OK PA SC SD TN TX VA WI	WV

Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Wisconsin, West Virginia

Related Taxa:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

View 476 genera in Asteraceae, 1 species in Eclipta

Classification:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae –
Order	Asterales –
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Eclipta L. – eclipta
Species	Eclipta prostrata (L.) L. – false daisy

Threatened and Endangered Plant Information:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
yerba-de-tago		Endangered

Invasive Information:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

eclipta
false daisy
yerba de tago

This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and Adjacent States: A Field Guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

ECAL : Eclipta alba

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,OBL

FAC

FACW-

FACW

OBL

FACW

FAC

FAC+

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Food	Cover	Food	Cover	Food	Cover	Food	Cover
Gee	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Gee, K.L., M.D. Porter, S. Demarais, F.C. Bryant, and G.V. Vreede. 1994. White-tailed deer: Their foods and management in the Cross Timbers. Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore.

Other Species Accounts and Images:
Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 196226.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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