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🌱 A plant genus 🌱 A ground cover plant
Cotula

Cotula

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A group of small, low-growing plants like daisies used as ground cover, mainly in the Southern Hemisphere
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • The gardener planted Cotula along the pathway for its attractive, low-growing foliage.

Examples

  • Several varieties of Cotula are popular as ground covers in temperate climates.

  • In New Zealand, Cotula species are commonly found in alpine and coastal habitats.

  • The garden was filled with Cotula plants.

  • Have you seen the Cotula in bloom?

  • In New Zealand, Cotula species are commonly found in alpine and coastal habitats.

  • Several varieties of Cotula are popular as ground covers in temperate climates.

  • The gardener planted Cotula along the pathway for its attractive, low-growing foliage.

Compounds

Cotula coronopifolia
  • Specialized
9.9

A small South African plant with bright yellow round flowers that grows in wet coastal places

Anthemis cotula
  • Specialized
9.9

A common wild plant with white flowers and a strong bad smell that grows as a weed

Surface Forms

Cotula main

Etymology

Cotula comes from a Latin word cotula meaning 'small cup', because the plant's little flower heads look like tiny cups. That's why the name fits this low, daisy-like ground cover.