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Funnel Weed

Cotula turbinata

Also called Brass Buttons, Buttons, Goose Daisy, Turban Buttons, White Turban Buttons

Funnel Weed
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Cotula turbinata (common name ganskos in South Africa, funnel weed in Western Australia) is a herb in the Asteraceae family native to the Cape Province, but found in India and in Australia

Cotula turbinata is an annual herb, growing to heights of 5 cm to 40 cm, and has hairy stems. In Western Australia, it grows on sandy soils, in lawns and on road verges, where its white and yellow flowers may be seen from July to October.

Other Cotula plants

Cotula alpina · Cotula anthemoides · Australian waterbuttons · Common brassbuttons · Cotula moseleyi · Waterbuttons

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cotula turbinata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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