Common Name

Yellow Twin-heads

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Annual or biennial forb, prostrate or to 30cm tall.  Leaves opposite each other, 1.5-5cm long, 2-7mm wide, flat, hairless to slightly rough hairy, with smooth edges and pointed tips.  Flower heads with 8-12 yellow 'petals', bell-shaped, in opposite pairs or single at the bases of the leaves.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 666

eFloraSA description:  http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Eclipta_platyglossa

Photo of plant. Photographer 'eyeweed', Medowie, NSW