Cotula turbinata (Funnel weed)

[=Cenia turbinata, Cenia expansa]

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Cotula turbinata growing along roadside in suburban Cape Town. [photo H. Robertson ©]
Cotula turbinata flowerhead, white-rayed form. [photo H. Robertson ©]	Cotula turbinata flowerhead of yellow-rayed form (top) and leaves (bottom) [photos © Peter Swart, www.plantweb.co.za]

Annual herb growing up to 30 cm high, with finely divided leaves, with white or yellow rays and a yellow disc.Native to South Africa (Western Cape and Eastern Cape) where it is found in sandy and disturbed places. It is an introduced weed in southwestern Australia.

Links

• Cotula turbinata L. (Florabase - the Western Australian Flora)

References

• Manning, J. 2007. Field Guide to Fynbos. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.

• See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 204.