| Cotula turbinata | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cotula |
| Species: | C. turbinata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cotula turbinata | |
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Cotula turbinata (common name ganskos in South Africa, [2] funnel weed in Western Australia) [3] is a herb in the Asteraceae family native to the Cape Province, but found in India and in Australia [1]
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Cotula turbinata is an annual herb, growing to heights of 5 cm to 40 cm, [3] and has hairy stems. [4] In Western Australia, it grows on sandy soils, in lawns and on road verges, where its white and yellow flowers may be seen from July to October. [3]
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [1] [5] The genus name, Cotula , comes from the Greek kotule meaning "small cup" and refers to the cupped area at the base of the leaves, [6] while the specific epithet, turbinata, is a botanical Latin adjective, which describes the flower as having the shape of a top. [7]
