Laggera crispata
Among roadside weeds near Nairobi National Park, Kenya. Dec. 2015.
- Disc Flowers: All the florets are small disc flowers and can be either dark lavender/pink or else almost white.
- Range: This plant is reported widely from throughout Africa often in disturbed, agricultural soils.
- Ray Flowers: Without rays.
- Phyllaries: The bracts enclosing the flower heads are pointed.
- Pappus:
- Leaves: The elliptical leaves are coursely toothed and the blades continue down the sides of the stems making serrated wings. There are sticky glands on foliage.
- Annual: Long lived annual reaching almost 2 m tall.
- Unarmed.