Dichrocephala integrifolia
(L.f.) O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 333. 1891. Hippia
integrifolia L.f.
Suppl. Sp. Pl. 389. 1781. Dichroeephala latifolia (Pers.) DC. in Wight,
Contrib. Bot. India 11. 1834. Cotula latifolia Pers. Pers. Syn 2: 464. 1805. Hook.f., Fl.
Brit. India 3: 245. 1881. Diehroeephala bicolor (Roth.) Schlecht. in Linnaea 25: 209.
1952.
Herbs, annual, 15 - 60 cm high; stem erect or spreading, usually divaricately
branched. Leaves very variable, obovate or ovate or lanceolate, often pinnatifid or lyrate
with a large, ovate terminal lobe and 1 or 2 pairs of lateral lobes, subacute at apex,
coarsely crenate-serrate at margin, 5.0 - 7.5 x 2.5 - 3.5 cm, sparsely hairy on both surfaces;petioles 0.6 - 1.5 cm long. Heads few, globose, 3 - 6 mm across, on slender divaricating
peduncles. Involucral bracts minute, linear, with scarious margins. Ray florets pink or
purplish. Corollas of disc florets yellow, 4-toothed. Achenes ca 1 mm long, smooth or
minutely puberulous. Pappus of female flowers absent; of bisexual flowers 2-or 3-bristled.
KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES
| 1a. Leaves usually obovate or ovate or lanceolate, lateral lobes 1 or 2 pairs | 4.2. integrifolia |
| b. Leaves pinnately divided, lateral lobes 2-3 pair | 4.1. gracilis |
