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Vernonia albicans
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia albicans DC. in Wight, Contrib. 6. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 676(475). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 351. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 211. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 172. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 173. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 483. 2009.
Vernonia cinerea sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 233. 1881, p. p. non Less. 1829.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves 3-5 x 2-4 cm, broadly ovate, base rounded or cordate, crenate. Heads 12 x 7 mm, in large terminal panicle, peduncled; bracts 5 mm long, elliptic, acute, tomentose outside; corolla 5 mm long, 5-toothed at apex, glabrous; anthers 1.5 mm long. Achenes 2 mm long, densely adpressed hairy; outer pappus paleaceous, fimbriate; inner pappus 4 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests
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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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Chinnar, Mlappara, Vengoli
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