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Sigesbeckia orientalis

Oratia, Waitakere.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 12/05/2008, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Capitula with glandular hairy bracts. Whareama Strm. Mar 1985.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Flower colours

Yellow

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Sigesbeckia orientalis L.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1855

Origin

Warm temperate and tropical Africa to Asia

Other information

Etymology

orientalis: From the Latin orientale, meaning ‘eastern’ but sometimes also translated as ‘from the Orient’.

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

SIGORI

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Wilcox, M.D. 2002. Sigesbeckia orientalis. Auckland Botanical Society Journal, 57: 133

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