Crassocephalum crepidioides habit4 (13347240145)
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Description: Introduced, warm-season, annual, erect,sparsely hairy herb, mostly 50–100 cm tall. Leaves are elliptic to ovate in outline; lowest leaves are lyrate-pinnatifid and up to 20 cm long; bases often have a pair of stipule-like lobes and the margins are coarsely toothed; upper leaves are smaller, not lobed or with a lobe each side towards base; petioles are up to 4 cm long. Heads are in cymes, few to many, nodding at first, later erect and about 4 mm wide. Bracts are 2-seriate and dark tipped. Florets are tubular and reddish. Flowering is in summer. A widespread weed of disturbed habitats, cultivation and wasteland. Prefers moist habitats. Seeds have a pappus of hairs that aid its spread by wind. A minor weed that gets outcompeted by pastures and crops Leaves have been used as a salad vegetable for a long time and carroty or nutty flavour. Minimising disturbance and maintaining high groundcover will minimise its abundance. Spray or physically remove prior to seed set. Date: 5 June 2009, 11:59. Source: Crassocephalum crepidioides habit4. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
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- Crassocephalum (ragleaf)
- Crassocephalum crepidioides (redflower ragleaf)
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