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Jun 8, 2014 10:40 AM CST

Name: Dave Paul
Puna, HI (Zone 10b)
Live in a rainforest, get wet feet.

It does look like Eclipta prostrata, False Daisy.

It is a valuable medicinal, used similarly to Echinacea. The Chinese introduced it to Hawai'i for it's medicinal properties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...

http://naturalhomeremedies.co/...

http://www.naturalwellbeing.co...

http://examine.com/supplements...

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