Asteraceae
Acmella

Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.

First published in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 24: 331 (1822)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 49–1700 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 49 - 1700 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
[UPB]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185500/84264653

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 49 - 1700 m.; Andes, 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
botón de oro, yuyo quemado
[UNAL]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual herb 10–100 cm high; stems erect, scrambling or sometimes decumbent, green or reddish, glabrous or pilose.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves lanceolate, narrowly ovate or ovate, 1–8.5 cm long, 0.3–3 cm wide, base attenuate, margins sinuate to dentate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous to sparsely pilose; petiole 2–32 mm long, narrowly winged.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula solitary, radiate, 4–6 mm in diameter, 6–8 mm long, on stalks 1–6 cm long; involucre 2–4 mm long, of 1 series of green phyllaries.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets 4–7, pale yellow, 1.8–3.6 mm long, the ray 0.9–2.2 mm long. Disc florets many, yellow to orange-yellow, 1–1.6 mm long.
Ray
Ray florets 4–7, pale yellow, 1.8–3.6 mm long, the ray 0.9–2.2 mm long.
Disc
Disc florets many, yellow to orange-yellow, 1–1.6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 1.2–1.8 mm long, ciliate; pappus of 2–4 bristles 0.1–0.7 mm long.
Habitat
Damp ground in the moist forest zone, swampy sites, grassland near rivers, a weed of rice fields; 0–1200 m
Distribution
K7 T3 T4 T6 T7 T8 pantropical weed
[FTEA]

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

Morphology General Habit
An annual herb a few inches to nearly 1 ft. high with erect branches
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Disk-florets yellow and ray-florets pale yellow or white
Ecology
In swampy or low-lying ground.
[FWTA]

Vernacular
Botón de oro
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

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