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Senecio edgeworthii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Senecio edgeworthii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 346. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 723(508). 1921.
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Description:
Herbs, perennial, erect, white tomentose; stems and branches angular, branched or simple. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to rhomboid, obtuse, margins thickened, recurved, irregularly toothed to lobulate, 4 x 1.5 cm, coriaceous, upper surface greenish brown, puberulous, lower surface densely white tomentose with prominent brown venation; petiole ca 6 mm long, auricled at the base. Capitula radiate, broadly campanulate, bracteolate, 0.5-1 cm in diam., pedunculate. Involucre greyish green, campanulate; bracts oblanceolate, 0.4 cm, acuminate, tip dilated, herbaceous with broad scarious margins. Ray florets 10-14, linear, 4-nerved, 3-dentate. Disc florets numerous. Achenes obconic, 4 mm long, pubescent, deeply ribbed. Pappus of white, unequal hairs.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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