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Cyathula prostrata
Also called Prostrate Pastureweed
In Singapore: Hookweed, Pastureweed, Nyarang, 杯苋, 倒扣草 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Pastureweed is a low, spreading perennial herb of the amaranth family that grows flat across the ground in tropical and subtropical regions. It is usually a wild or weedy plant found in pastures and waste ground rather than a garden ornamental.
Cyathula prostrata, the prostrate pastureweed, is a perennial, prostrate, herbaceous plant distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical world.
The plant is locally used as a medicine but also as a food and source of soap. It is also recorded as a larval host plant of Fulvous Pied Flat butterfly.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyathula prostrata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
