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Anemone rivularis
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Family:
RANUNCULACEAE
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Citation: Anemone rivularis Buch.-Ham. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 211. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 9. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 4(3). 1915; M. A. Rau in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 35. 1993; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 65. 1998; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 9. 1999.
Anemone wightiana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 3. 1834.
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Description:
Perennial herbs, densely clothed with hairs at the base. Leaves 6-8 x 4-7 cm, thrice lobed, hairy, acute. Flowers solitary or several on simple scape of cymes, to 20 cm; involucre 3-partite; sepals 5, imbricate, petalloid, white, lower side blue, 11 x 8 mm, oblong-ovate; stamens numerous, filaments of various length; carpels numerous. Achenes in heads, 6 mm long, sessile, beaked.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vattavada, Pothumala
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