Tagulinaw (Tag.)

Annual Herb Height: Not provided Leaves: Leaves are alternately arranged, those on the lower stem are deeply and irregularly toothed, being nearly round, kidney shaped, ovate, triangular-ovate or obovate, 4-16cm long, 1-cm wide, with narrowly winged petioles. Flowers: The inflorescence is terminal, usually dichotomously branched, flat-topped and composed of 3 to 6 stalked flower heads, each with a whorl of bracts beneath. Each urn-shaped flower head, a composite of numerous tubular florets which protrude by 1 mm above a single ring of outer green involucral bracts, is 12-14 mm long by 4-5 mm wide. There are 30-60 florets per head, the outer ones female and the inner ones with both stamens and stigmas. Fruits: The fruit is an oblong dry indehiscent ribbed achene, 2.4-3 mm long, reddish brown or off-white with a pappus of white hairs up to 8 mm long.