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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cotula

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All 45 species are native to southern Africa, also occurring elsewhere in Africa, Australia and South America.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Cotula andreae

 

Cotula anthemoides

Gansgras [Afrikaans]

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 108. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Cotula australis

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Cotula barbata 

Gansogies, Knoppiesopslag [Afrikaans]

See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 168; Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 174.

Cotula bipinnata 

Kleinknoppies [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 172.

Cotula bracteolata

 

Cotula burchellii

 

Cotula ceniifolia

 

Cotula coronopifolia 

Eendekos, Gansogies, Gansgras, Eendjiesgras [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 202; Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 164; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 218.

Cotula dielsii

 

Cotula duckittiae (Buttons) 

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 204.

Cotula eckloniana

 

Cotula filifolia

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 234.

Cotula heterocarpa

 

Cotula hispida 

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 320.

Cotula laxa 

Knoppiesopslag [Afrikaans]

See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 168.

Cotula leptalea 

See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 168.

Cotula lineariloba

 

Cotula loganii

 

Cotula macroglossa

 

Cotula mariae

 

Cotula melaleuca

 

Cotula membranifolia

 

Cotula microglossa 

[= Cenia microglossa]

Knoppies, Grootknoppiesopslag [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 172; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 218.

Cotula montana

 

Cotula myriophylloides

 

Cotula nigellifolia (Staggers Weed)

Rivierals, Stootsiektebossie, Waterkerwel [Afrikaans]; ukudliwa ngumlambo, umhlonyane omncane, umhlonyane womlambo, umsolo [Xhosa]; ikhambi elimpofana, udlabose, umhlonyane [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 218; Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 272.

Cotula nudicaulis  

Witeendekos, Witgansgras, Witknoppiesopslag [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 174; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 218.

Cotula paludosa

 

Cotula paradoxa

 

Cotula pedicellata

 

Cotula pedunculata

 

Cotula pterocarpa

 

Cotula pusilla

 

Cotula radicalis

 

Cotula sericea

See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 280.

Cotula socialis

 

Cotula sororia

 

Cotula stenophylla

 

Cotula tenella

 

Cotula thunbergii

 
Cotula turbinata (Funnel weed)

[=Cenia turbinata, Cenia expansa]

Cotula turbinata

Cotula villosa

 

Cotula vulgaris

 

Cotula zeyheri