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Laggera alata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Laggera alata (D. Don) Sch.-Bip. ex Oliver, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 94. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 271. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 689(485). 1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 252. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 263. 1994; S. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 148.1995.
Erigeron alatum D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 171. 1825.
Blumea alata (D. Don) DC., Prodr. 5: 488. 1836; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 150. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 173. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 195. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 370. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 278. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 460. 2009.
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Description:
Subshrubs; stems winged, densely villous. Leaves simple, alternate, to 8 x 2 cm, obovate-oblong, obtuse, sessile, decurrent at base along the stem. Heads 12 x 4 mm, in terminal leafy panicle; bracts many-seriate, to 8 x 1 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute to acuminate. Female flowers outer several rows; corolla 4 mm long, slender, 4 toothed at apex. Bisexual flowers few, central; corolla 7 mm long, pink, lobes acute, glabrous. Achenes 2 mm long, ribbed, hispid; pappus 7 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Kannur, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar, China and Tropical Africa
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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):
Pink, Violet
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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:
700-1500
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Localities:
Kallar, Kalvarimala, Campshed area, Damsite, Kakki hills, Chandanathode, Brahmagiri, Lock-hert gap, Ponmudi, Athirumala, Attayar
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