Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski GRIN-Global

Taxon: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski

Summary

Genus:

Sphagneticola

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Nomen number:

409995

Place of publication:

Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:114. 1996 Dec 17 (Novon 6:412. 1996 Dec 27)

Verified:

03/22/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Silphium trilobatum L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother
Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Wedelia carnosa Rich.

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Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98. 2012
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Common names

English
creeping oxeye –
goldcup –
Singapore daisy –
wedelia –
wild marigold –
Afrikaans
Singapoer-madeliefie –
Swedish
ampelkrage –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru
2	Cultivated
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Guinea
4	Naturalized	Africa	West Tropical Africa	Sierra Leone
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mayotte
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Kerala
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
4	Naturalized	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Guam
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Marshall Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Northern Mariana Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Palau
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	Cook Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	American Samoa
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Kiribati	Gilbert Islands
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Nauru
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Samoa
4	Naturalized	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Barbados
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Bermuda
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominica
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Montserrat
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Puerto Rico
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Lucia
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)	Tortola
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz]

Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga]
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Guinea, Sierra Leone
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mayotte

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangdong]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Kerala]
INDO-CHINA: Thailand
MALESIA: Indonesia

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: American Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati [Gilbert Islands], New Caledonia, Nauru, Tonga, Samoa

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola], Virgin Islands (U.S.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Vertebrate poisons	mammals	Pruski, J. F. 1996. Compositae of the Guayana Highland: 11. Tuberculocarpus gen. nov. and some other Ecliptinae (Heliantheae). Novon 6:412.
Weed		Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=409995. Accessed 19 December 2025.