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Sphagneticola trilobata (Bay Biscayne Creeping-oxeye)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, is a plant in the Heliantheae tribe of the Asteraceae (sunflower) family. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, but now grows throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover.
View Wikipedia Record: Sphagneticola trilobata

Infraspecies

Polymnia carnosa var. aspera
Verbesina carnosa carnosa
Verbesina carnosa var. aspera
Wedelia carnosa var. aspera
Wedelia carnosa var. glabella
Wedelia carnosa var. triloba
Wedelia trilobata var. trilobata

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Sphagneticola trilobata

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Ceroplastes cirripediformis (barnacle scale)[2]
Crypticerya genistae[2]
Phenacoccus madeirensis (Mexican mealybug)[2]
Phenacoccus parvus[2]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Anartia jatrophae (white peacock)[3]
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0