Asteraceae
Synedrella

Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has social uses, as animal food and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb, erect, 15–120 cm high, hardly branched to much branched, the stems scabridulous but glabrescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate or elliptic, 2–12 cm long, 1–5 cm wide, base cuneate and decurrent, margins crenulate-serrate or rarely subentire, apex acute or obtuse, 3-veined from base, scabridulous on both surfaces; petiole winged, to 3 cm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula axillary and terminal, in dense sessile glomerules; involucre 7–12 mm long; outer phyllaries green, the inner phyllaries scarious; paleae with eroded or ciliate margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 3–8, yellow, the ray 1.5–3 mm long; disc florets 4–11, yellow, 2–4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes of ray florets 4–5 mm long, winged, with 2 short awns; achenes of disc florets 4–6 mm long, the outer winged, the inner without wings, pappus of 2–3 awns 2–4.5 mm long.
Figures
Fig. 157 (page 745).
Habitat
aste places, cultivated land, secondary vegetation; a common weed forming large colonies; 0–900(–1200) m
Distribution
K4 K7 T3 T4 T6 T7 U3 U4 Z originally from the Caribbean, now a pantropical weed
[FTEA]

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
Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 1900 m.; Andes, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

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
cerbatana, espinillo, floramarilla, venturosa, yerba de gallinaza, yerba de gallinazo, yuyo
[UNAL]

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

Morphology General Habit
An erect herb to 50 cm tall or more, sometimes flowering when very small; stems appressed-pubescent; leaves ovate, 1.5–6 cm long or more, acute at the apex, the margins obscurely serrate, appressed-pubescent on both sides and triplinerved
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Heads 1–several crowded together in the leaf-axils, each with 2 green phyllaries 7.5–10 mm long and several scarious inner ones
Ray
Ray-florets few, with yellow ligules ca. 2 mm long; disc-florets 6–10, 2 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 3.5–4 mm long.
Distribution
Grand Cayman. A common weed throughout tropical America; naturalised in the Old World tropics.
Ecology
Frequent along roadsides, in pastures and in open waste places.
[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]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–1900 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Arauca, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Quindío, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Yerba de gallinazo
[UPFC]

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

Morphology General Habit
A branched, usually annual herb, half-woody below, a few inches to 4 ft. or more high
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Narrow oblong clustered flower-heads and small golden-yellow ray-florets.
[FWTA]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

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