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Anaphalis elliptica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis elliptica DC., Prodr. 6: 274. 1838; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 695(489). 1921; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 60. 1995.
Anaphalis oblonga DC. var. elliptica (DC.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 283. 1881.
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Description:
Herbs, erect, white woolly, upto 30 cm high. Leaves 2-3 x 0.5-1 cm; basal ones aggregated, subspathulate, oblong-obovate, scattered upwards, somewhat decurrent towards base, obtuse at apex, margins flat or slightly recurved, surfaces densely woolly tomentose, 5-7 nerved. Heads in dense, compact, terminal, simple or branched corymbs, ca 3-4 mm across; peduncle ca 1 mm, densely woolly tomentose. Involucral bracts 3-4 seriate, glistening white, embedded in dense woolly tomentum; outermost pink at apex, pale brown at base, ovate, inner bracts linear. Ray florets female with filiform corolla, ca 1.5 mm long, 4-toothed, pink at mouth. Disc florets bisexual, ca 2 mm long, 5-toothed. Style deeply cleft. Achenes oblong, ca 0.5 mm long, hairy. Pappus hairs minutely bristly.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
White, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-2350
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