Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Trailing Daisy

Sphagneticola trilobata

Spanish: Botoncillo

Sphagneticola trilobata, commonly known as the Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, Singapore daisy, creeping-oxeye, trailing daisy, and wedelia, is a plant in the Heliantheae tribe of the Asteraceae (sunflower) family. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, but now grows throughout the Neotropics. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental groundcover.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae

Local records12 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records49,234 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2021 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

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Recent local sightings

2026-01-04 — observation by robertomartinezangeles
2025-12-23 — observation by thomas_hartt
2025-01-06 — observation by tyler_hoar
2023-11-08 — observation by zihuadean
2021-11-15 — observation by zihuadean
2021-11-04 — observation by jareth_sanguino

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Cite as: “Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/sphagneticola-trilobata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.