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Homognaphalium pulvinatum
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Homognaphalium pulvinatum (Delile) Fa& Zareh, Willdenowia 18: 451. 1989.
Gnaphalium pulvinatum Delile, Fl. Egypte 266, t. 44. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 289. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 698(491). 1921; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 92. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 201. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 166. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 170. 2002.
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Description:
Prostrate herbs, branches woolly. Leaves 3-4 x 0.6 cm, oblanceolate, apex acute, base narrowed into a petiole. Heads 3 x 3 mm, globose, in terminal leafy branched spikes; peduncle short or absent; bracts 2.5 x 0.5 mm, oblanceolate, acute, cottony hairy; outer bracts brown; inner bracts hyaline. Bisexual flowers 9-10, central; corolla 1.5 mm long, reddish. Female flowers numerous; corolla 1.5 mm long, lobes glandular. Achenes terete, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan, China, Egypt and Sinai
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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, Blue
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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:
Paekulam, Thekkady, Parambikulam
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