I am having a bit of a struggle with some of the plants found in grassland created for grazing from cleared brush. Here are two more. One is clearly an Asteraceae, but I'm not sure what family the other belongs to. Any guidance as to genus (and more if possible) would be a great help.
I thought the second one looked like Malvaceae too. Is that a schizocarpous fruit? I thought that might help narrow it down, but it's not helping me. Here's a page with a lot of info: Neotropical Malvaceae (Malvoideae) - Neotropikey from Kew
Thanks Tip and Wendy. My first thought was also Malvaceae - so we seem to have narrowed the search a bit. Thanks for the Kew link, interesting but perhaps not providing an answer (yet). The search continues and I now believe that the Aster is Sigesbeckia jorullensis, known as Papakiwa in Ecuador.
Not yet, but this could tell that this is not in malvaceae family, which normally have 5-meric flowers and stamens merged into a tube around the pistils. The onagraceae family has 4-meric flower. However, with the 4-split ovaries and without a long style, this plant does not fit into it. So, this is still a puzzle to me...
I am very glad to see that you are engaged in the mystery! I find that, very unusually, I only took one photo of the flower. However what you see above is a cropped version. Just in case there is more useful detail, I am attaching the complete photo in the hope that it may furnish further clues. Thanks for your interest!
