Euchiton collinus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Euchiton
- Species
- Euchiton collinus
- Scientific Name
- Euchiton collinus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euchiton collinus
Euchiton collinus, the creeping cudweed, is a herb native to Australia and New Zealand. It has become naturalized in a few places in the United States (California, Oregon).
Euchiton collinus is a biennial or perennial herb up to 40 cm (15.5 in) tall, spreading by means of stolons and rhizomes. Leaves form a basal rosette surrounding the base of the stem and also individually higher up the stem. The plant produces a flower heads in a hemispheric cluster 1–2 cm (0.5–1 in) across. Each head has 40-60 pistillate flowers around the edge of the head plus 3-5 bisexual florets toward the center.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Euchiton argentifolius
- Euchiton audax
- Euchiton brassii
- Euchiton breviscapus
- Euchiton collinus
- Euchiton delicatus
- Euchiton ensifer
- Euchiton gymnocephalus
- Euchiton involucratus
- Euchiton japonicus
- Euchiton lateralis
- Euchiton limosus
- Euchiton litticola
- Euchiton paludosus
- Euchiton polylepis
- Euchiton ruahinicus
- Euchiton sphaericus
- Euchiton traversii
- Euchiton umbricola






























