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Achyrocline satureioides (common name: marcela) is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, from Argentina to Colombia to Guyana. A semi-annual herbaceous plant reaching about a meter tall, it has simple, narrow green leaves with serrated edges. It produces yellow flowers in racemes around Easter.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Achyrocline
- Family
- Asteraceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Marcela en Achyrocline saturejoides
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