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Bidens pilosa var. minor
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Bidens pilosa L. var. minor (Blume) Sherff, Bot. Gaz. 80: 387. 1925; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 209. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 360. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 248. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 254. 1994; H.J. Chowdhery in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 373. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 38. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 360. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 162. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 166. 2002.
Bidens sundaica var. minor Blume, Bijdr. 914. 1826.
Bidens pilosa sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 309. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 709(499). 1921, p.p. non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kithachedi, Snehakoora
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Hairy beggarticks
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Description:
Herbs, stem quadrangular. Leaves opposite, 12-18 cm, pinnate; lobes to 6 x 3 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate, serrate, hairy. Heads to 1 cm across; peduncles to 8 cm, flexuous involucral bracts biseriate, outer ca 3 x 1 mm, linear, spathulate, inner to 5 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse. Rays florets 2-5. Corolla bilobed, yellow; disc many. Achenes ca 2.5 mm; setae 2-4, ca 3 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Weed in fallow fields and wastelands
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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, Yellow
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Chinnar, Thunakkadavu, Chindaki forest, Nadugani ghats
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