Aspilia kotschyi

Aspilia kotschyi is an annual herbaceous species with ovate to narrowly lanceolate leaves and dark red-purple flowers commonly found Tropical Africa.[1] It has a variety, Aspilia kotschyi var. alba which has white flowers.[2]

Aspilia kotschyi
Close-up photo of Aspilia kotschyi
Aspilia kotschyi (Asteraceae), a weed in disturbed areas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Aspilia
Species:
A. kotschyi
Binomial name
Aspilia kotschyi
(Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.) Oliv.

Description

Leaves are simple and opposite in arrangement and borne from the stem; leaf-blade is ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 3–16 cm long and 1–4 cm wide.[1] Inflorescence is capitulum type, solitary, axillary or sessile clustered around the upper surface of leaves, it has ovoid bracts and small dark purple-brown ray and disc flowers; phyllary is green but brownish around the base.[1][2]

Distribution

Endemic to Tropical Africa, it occurs from Senegal eastwards towards Ethiopia and southwards up to Zimbabwe.[1]

References

  1. Al-Khulaidi, A.; Filimban, F.; Alfaifi, M.; Al-Namazi, A. (2021). "A new record of generic vascular plant for the flora of Saudi Arabia: Aspilia kotschyi (Asteraceae)". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 28 (3): 1962–1965. doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.12.048. PMC 7938146. PMID 33732082.
  2. Wild, H. (1966). "The African Species of the Genus Aspilia Thouars". Kirkia. 5 (2): 197–228. ISSN 0451-9930. JSTOR 23501042.


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