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Magnoliopsida
Emilia Cass.
EOL Text
Erect glaucous annual herb to 1 m. Stems and leaves slightly succulent, often purplish, especially below. Leaves sessile: lamina up to 20 × 6 cm, lanceolate to oblong, sparsely hairy and glabrescent; base amplexicaul; apex acute; margin with scattered minute teeth. Calyculus 0. Capitula c. 12 mm across (including the rays), orange or red; base 3-5 mm across. Phyllaries 9 mm, c. 8-9, equal in 1 series. Rays 0.
coccinea: scarlet, although the flowers can often be bright orange
"Notes: Western Ghats, Cultivated, Native of Tropical Africa"
Notes: Evergreen Forests
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Karnataka: Chikmagalur
Tamil Nadu: Dindigul
Habit: Herb
Habit: Herb
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
cluster-cup of aecium of Puccinia lagenophorae parasitises live stem of Emilia coccinea