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Blumea heiracifolia var. heiracifolia
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Blumea heiracifolia (D. Don) DC. in Wight, Contrib. 15. 1834, var. hieracifolia; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 263. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 686(483). 1921; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 126. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 196. 1998.
Erigeron hieracifolium D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 272. 1825.
Blumea sericans Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 262. 1881.
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Description:
Perennial herbs to 2 m tall; stems usually unbranched or sometimes branched at the base, somewhat flexuose, erect or decumbent, terete, villous-hirsute, densely so towards the apex. Leaves alternate, 4-15 x 1-5 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, attenuate and subpetiolate at the base, apex acute or acuminate, margin ± regularly serrate-dentate, teeth indurated, pubescent on the upper surface, ± densely greyish cottony tomentose beneath. Heads 4-5 mm diameter, urceolate-campanulate, somewhat cernuous, in clusters of 4-12 on densely hirsute peduncles of axillary or terminal panicles. Involucre 4-seriate, phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 4-9 mm long, 0.5-1 mm broad, the outer ones at least densely hirsute, the inner ones often purplish. Flowers yellow or purple; female corolla 4.5-5.75 mm long, glabrous; those of hermaphrodite flowers 4.5-6.0 mm long, the lobes papillate usually with a few white multicellular hairs. Receptacle c. 2.5 mm broad, glabrous. Achenes oblong, c. 1.25-1.5 mm long, pale brown, 10-ribbed, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; pappus 4.5-5 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and savannahs
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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:
-1600
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Localities:
Methaganam
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