Eclipta prostrata Root
LATIN NAME: Eclipta prostrata
COMMON NAME: False Daisy
The false daisy spreads its small, oval leaves and the small, white, daisy-like flower heads along the low stems, and the whole plant carries the fine, neat, low look of the warm garden. The low, spreading, branching, annual or short-lived perennial plant carries the small, oval, lance-shaped, toothed leaves and the small, white, daisy-like flower heads with the yellow centres on the short stalks through the warm season, one of the fine, quiet sights of the herb patch, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, flat, many-seeded heads. The whole plant has a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, and it is a fine, historic presence of the herb patch. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The false daisy is a historic subject of the plant science, and the daisy-like heads keep showing up in the work on the low annuals. The way the small, white, daisy-like flower heads with the yellow centres form on the short stalks has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the low annuals, the toothed leaves and the members of the daisy family. The spreading habit and the neat flowers have also made it a fine study plant, and the false daisy is a regular subject of the work on the daisy-like heads of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The false daisy is a fine, quiet plant of the herb patch and the study collection. The small, white, daisy-like flower heads with the yellow centres on the short stalks open through the warm season, one of the fine, quiet sights of the herb patch, drawing the bees, and the whole plant has a very long record in the old practice of the warm lands, the dried plants coming to the old teas and the fine, aromatic preparations of the old shops, while the small, oval, lance-shaped, toothed leaves carry the fine, neat, low look of the old patches, to be followed by the small, flat, many-seeded heads. It is one of the fine choices for the herb patch, the study bed and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the daisy-like heads and the very long history. It is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young plants the deep, moist bed, and the neat heads will rise through the warm months.
To grow the false daisy from seed, press the small, brown seeds lightly into the surface of the pot of rich, sandy soil, leave them uncovered, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings show themselves within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the neat heads will rise through the warm months.
Common name:Eclipta alba Root
Eclipta Root.Liver and kidney tonic; prescribed for dizziness, blurry vision, headache, and premature greying of hair. Extract applied to the scalp promotes hair growth, and taken internally, blackens the hair, beard and eyebrows. Also astringent hemostatic.