Wedelia urticaefolia DC. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. 18. 1834; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 306. 1881.

Herbs or undershrubs, branched. Leaves elliptic-ovate, serrate, truncate at base, acute at apex, 3 - 6 x 2 - 4 cm; petiole 1 - 2 cm long. Heads yellow, 2 - 3 cm across. Involucral bractse in two series; outer 8 x 3 mm, acute; inner rhomboid-lanceolate, 7 x 2 mm. Ray florets few; corolla broadly oblong, 7 x 5 mm. Ovary 4-angled; stigma linear, recurved, papillose. Disc florets many; corolla 5-lobed; tube 3 - 4 mm. Ovary compressed; stigma linear, pubescent, acute. Achenes elongate-cuneate, triquetrous, tip broadly truncate. Pappus absent, rarely of 1 - 2 bristles.

Fl. & Fr. Throughout the year.

Distrib. India: Major parts of India, in marshy places.