Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.

  • Description

    Species Description - Annual, glabrous, or somewhat pubescent below, usually branched, 2-7 dm. high. Basal and lower leaves petioled, sometimes 12 em. long, obovate to oblanceolate, repand-dentate to lyrato-pinnatifid, obtuse or acute at the apex; upper leaves lanceolate, sessile, sagittate-clasping, dentate, lobed or entire; heads loosely corymbose, many-flowered; peduncles very slender or filiform: involucre 10-12 mm. high, its bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, at length reflexed; flowers rose, red or purple.

  • Distribution

    Waste places in good soil. Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat island, Long Island and North Caicos: Florida: Bermuda; West Indies and continental tropical America, Naturalized from the East Indies. Purple Emilia.

    Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| Bermuda South America| West Indies|