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Blepharispermum petiolare
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blepharispermum petiolare DC. in Wight, Contrib. 12. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 276. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 692(487). 1921; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 42. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 195. 1998.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1 m high. Leaves 8-10 x 5 cm, alternate, ovate, acuminate, entire, glabrous; petioles 1 cm long. Heads 3-6-flowered, densely packed in globose clusters of 15 mm across, panicled, terminal, long-peduncled; bracts 1-seriate, 5 x 1 mm, white, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Flowers two types. Female flowers 2, outer; corolla tubular, 3 mm long, white, 3-lobed. Bisexual flowers 2 or 3, inner, sterile; corolla tubular, 4 mm long, 3-4-lobed, yellow. Achenes obovate, biconvex, black, ciliate; pappus of few hairs.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Aruvioda
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