Eleutheranthera ruderalis or Ogiera Weed is a native plant to America and now naturalized in Sri Lanka as a weed. It is a small herbaceous plant belong to family Compositae grow about 30 cm to 60 cm in height. Ogiera plant categories in Noxious invasive for agriculture and widely found on road sideways, wastelands, and agriculture land. The plant is also called Wedelia but it is misapplied.
| Common Classification | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Ogiera Weed, Wedelia |
| Scientific Name | Eleutheranthera ruderalis |
| Sinhala Name | Agara, Wal Mudu, Hulan Tala |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Eleutheranthera |
| Species | E. ruderalis |
| Synonym | Ogiera eleuthranthera, Wedelia discoidea |
| Ecology | |
| Category | Weed |
| Growth Habit | herbaceous |
| Duration | Perennial |
| Origin | Exotic |
| Status | Noxious-Invasive |
| Property | |
| Culinary / Edible | No |
| Use as Herb | No |
| Other Use | No |
| Poisoned / Toxin | No |
| Identification | |
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