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Anaphalis wightiana
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis wightiana (DC.) DC., Prodr. 6: 273. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:286.1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 696(490). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 149. 1988; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 81. 1995.
Gnaphalium wightianum DC. in Wight, Contrib. 21. 1834.
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Description:
Branched herb from a stout base; indumentum cottony; branches several, ascending. Leaves linear-spathulate, to 5 x 0.6 cm, crispately scabrous above, cottony and glaucous below, 1-nerved, base narrow, semi-amplexicaul, margin recurved, apically rounded, hardly scented. Cymes 3 cm wide, terminal, compact; peduncle to 5 cm. Capitula pink, 6 mm wide; stalk 3 mm; receptacle 2 mm wide. Phyllaries pink; outer ones ovate-oblong, 3.5 mm, apex acute; inner ones oblong-(ob)lanceolate, 4.5 mm, apex obtuse. Pappus 10-15, 2.5 mm long. Bisexual florets 10-15 in 2-or 3-series. Corolla-tube 2.5 mm; lobes 5. Stamens 5. Style 2.5 mm, included. Pistillate florets 50-70 in 5-or 6-series. Corolla-tube 2.5 mm; teeth 5. Style 2 mm, (sub) exserted or included. Achene 1 mm, papillose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream banks and grasslands
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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
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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:
750-2350
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Localities:
Anginda
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