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Sphagneticola trilobata
Also called Creeping Oxeye, Singapore Daisy, Creeping Daisy, Goldcup, Wedelia, Wild Marigold, Creeping Ox Eye
In Singapore: Yellow Creeping Daisy, Singapore Daisy, Creeping Ox-eye, Trailing Daisy, Rabbit's Paw, 地锦花, 穿地龙, 三裂蟛蜞菊 (Grown in Singapore)
A spreading, mat-forming perennial groundcover from the daisy family that roots at its stems and bears yellow daisy-like flowers. It is grown in full sun in well-drained, moist soil and is very vigorous, so it can spread widely.
Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, marigold Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, is a plant in the tribe Heliantheae of the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, but now grows throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover.
It has a very wide ecological tolerance range, but grows best in sunny areas with well-drained, moist soil at low elevations.
[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 Sphagneticola trilobata 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.
