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Anaphalis lawii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis lawii (Hook. f.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 696(489). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 225. 1984; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 66. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 245. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 193. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 162. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 166. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 276. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 458. 2009.
Anaphalis oblonga DC. var. lawii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 283. 1881.
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Description:
Branched herbs, stem white wooly. Leaves 4-5 x 0.7 cm, oblong, apex acute, base amplexicaule. Heads 4 x 4 mm, in densely branched corymbose cymes; bracts 3-seriate, 3-4 mm long, elliptic, acute, dentate at apex; brown at lower part; outer ones wooly. Bisexual flowers 5-7, central; corolla 2.5 mm long, white, 5-toothed at apex. Achenes 1 mm long, cylindrical, scaly, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and on rocky slopes
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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):
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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Puthankadukka, Kalvarimala, Karimala, Kakki hills
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