| |
Phyllocephalum indicum
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
|
| |
Citation: Phyllocephalum indicum (Less.) Kirkman, Rhodora 83: 12. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 156. 1988; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 340. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 384. 2002.
Ampherephis indica Less., Linnaea 6: 686. 1831.
Decaneurum reticulatum Wight, Ic. t. 1080. 1846.
Centratherum reticulatum (Wight) Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. 2: 225. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 227. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 666(469). 1921.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Leaves 7-12 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic ovate, acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, margins serrate, hairy above and on nerves below, white cottony between the prominently reticulated veins below; upper leaves sessile to slightly petioled, lower ones long petioled. Heads in terminal and axillary corymbs, 1.5-2 cm diam. Involucre bracts many-seriate, outer ones leafy, shorter, 0.5-0.7 x 0.3-0.4 cm, moniliform hairy without, mucronate at tip; inner ones scarious at base, leafy above, 0.8-1 x 0.2-0.3 cm long, lanceolate, innermost ones scarious. Flowers homogamous, not rayed. Corolla campanulate, purple; tube slender, 0.5-0.6 cm long, widened at mouth; style-arms subulate, hairy at tip. Achenes 0.1-0.2 cm long, 8-10-ribbed. Pappus yellow, barbellate hairs, 0.25-0.3 cm long.
|
| |
Habit:
Herb
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
May-October
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Along stream banks
|
| |
Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Blue
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
1400-2200
|
| |
Localities:
Aruvanpara, High Range, Agasthymala peak
|