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White spotflower (Acmella radicans)

Jotang putih or white spotflower (Acmella radicans) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, shrub, erect, up to 40 cm tall, branching, cylindrical stems, red or green or white spots and branching to form a trident.

A. radicans has leaves and patiole of various shapes and sizes. Strands are slender ovate or can be broadly ovate, broad base, pointed tip, serrated margins and sometimes red, upper surface green, a vein in the middle and many pinnate small veins.

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Flowers have a long and erect stalk at the end of the stem, oval in shape with a slender tip or can be rounded, greenish white in color.

Seeds are elongated and flat oval in shape, black and shiny, surrounded by white feathers and easily fly in the wind.





Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Spilanthinae
Genus: Acmella
Species: Acmella radicans

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