Asteraceae
Sphagneticola

Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 114 (1996)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical America and Trinidad. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and has environmental uses.

Descriptions

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
MARIGOLD
Morphology General Habit
Herb with trailing stems rooting at the nodes, the branches and tips ascending, sparsely hairy or nearly glabrous throughout; leaves sessile or nearly so, obovate or oblong- obovate, 3–12 cm long, often strongly 3-lobed but sometimes merely toothed or subentire. Peduncles up to 5 cm long or more; heads mostly 1.5–2 cm broad; outer phyllaries ca. 12 mm long
Morphology Leaves Ligules
Ligules yellow, 7–12 mm long, 3-toothed at the apex. Disc-florets 5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes rugose, 4–5 mm long; pappus of irregular, short, united scales.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman. Florida, the West Indies, continental tropical America, Africa and Hawaii.
Ecology
Common along roadsides, in damp pastures and in sandy thickets and clearings near the sea.
[Cayman]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
botón de oro, botoncillo, botoncillo de monte, guaco, pata de lancha
[UNAL]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1465 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Caquetá, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Guainía, Magdalena, Nariño, Quindío, San Andrés y Providencia, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Botón de oro, Botoncillo, Botoncillo de monte, Guaco, Pata de lancha
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1465 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Vernacular
Botoncillo
[UPFC]

Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A prostrate weedy herb
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Yellow flower-heads up to 1 in. across.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0