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Anaphalis aristata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis aristata DC., Prodr. 6: 274. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 285. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 696(489). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 147. 1988; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 55. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 193. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 275. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 458. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panjichedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender annual herbs; younger stems cottony wooly. Leaves simple, 2-4 x 0.3 cm, acuminate at apex, narrowed from a broad amplexicaule or cordate base, 1-nerved, scabrous above. Heads 3 x 3 mm, hemispherical, collected in terminal dense clusters; bracts 4 mm long, spreading, elliptic, acute, wooly, solid at base. Bisexual flowers central, 5 or 6. Corolla 2.5 mm long, broader above. Female flowers many. Corolla 1.5 mm long, slender. Achenes cylindrical, brown, papillose; pappus 2 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands in moist locations
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1150-2350
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Localities:
Mangaladevi, Anginda, Kakki hills
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