Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Delilia repens
It is a soft creeping, and repens with very small leaves where its flower has simple heads of few flowers.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Delilia
Species
repens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Elvira atripliciformis Howell, E. repens (Hook.f.) Robinson., Microcoecia repens Hook.f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010), Elvira repens B.L.Rob.
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Present on the islands of Fernandina, Isabela (Darwin Volcano), Pinta, Santa Cruz and Santiago, being an important component of the herbaceous vegetation in some places.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Delilia repens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=309. Accessed 4 April 2026.