Clustered Yellowtop is an annual herb growing erect
and known to exceed 7 feet in height. The lance-shaped to oval leaves
are each up to 15 cm long and arranged oppositely in pairs around the
stem, their bases sometimes fused together. The edges of the leaves
generally have tiny widely spaced teeth. The inflorescence is a large
dense cluster of many very small flower heads, sometimes over 300 in
one cluster. Each flower head contains 0-1 yellow or whitish ray floret
and 0-2 yellow disc florets. Clustered Yellowtop is native to Tropical
& Subtropical America, naturalized in Africa, India and Australia.
Identification credit: Sarman Ratiya
Photographed in Jaru, Anjar, Kutch, Gujarat.
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