Sowing months
Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Keep damp
Mature size
15–30 cm, spreading
First harvest
Whole plant at 60 days
Family
Asteraceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground
Good for
healing
Sow in
monsoon
Care
It volunteers in any wet pot — let it.
A low monsoon weed of wet ground, gathered for hair oil for as long as anyone remembers.
Growing it
It volunteers in any wet pot — let it.
What it is for
Traditional hair oil; a green mat that suppresses weeds.