S. trilobata has thick, dark green or light green leaves, 4-9 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, hairy, serrated or irregularly toothed, usually with a pair of lateral lobes.
Disc-shaped flowers, bright yellow. Seeds are tuberculate achenes, 4-5 mm long. Propagation is mostly vegetative because seeds are usually infertile.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Sphagneticola
Species: Sphagneticola trilobata
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