Eclipta prostrata (L.) L., 1771 37% complete

White twinheads

Mant. Pl. 2: 286 (1771)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eclipta prostrata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded17 Not on the record12 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Mant. Pl. 2: 286 (1771) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1771 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name White twinheads No source recorded
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Family common name Aster family No source recorded
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Observations Temp. & Subtrop. America No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 98 cm Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit color brown Sourced
Fruit shape achene Sourced
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
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Growth rate empty Not on the record
Inflorescence type empty Not on the record
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 65 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 882 below the average height (98 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual, biennial, perennial
  • annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 460, 882, 918
Sourced
Fruit months empty
  • feb, mar, apr, may, jun, jul, aug, sep, oct · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882
Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 5 / 9 · medium air humidity No source recorded
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Light 7 / 9 · half-light to light No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 5 / 9 · intermediate (mesotrophic) No source recorded
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils No source recorded
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Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record