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Vernonia multibracteata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia multibracteata Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 341. 1920 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 675(475). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 374.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 212. 1998; ES Santhosh Kumar et al., J. Threatened Taxa 4: 2587. 2012.
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Description:
Shrubs; branches sparse, grey wooly-tomentose. Leaves 12-20 x 3-4 cm, lanceolate, acute at apex and base, unequally serrate-toothed, densely golden tomentose beneath, glabrous above. Cymes to 15 x 15 cm, terminal, corymbose; branches densely velvet-tomentose. Heads 9 x 5 mm, peduncled; bracts 5 x 2 mm, oblong, acuminate; outer bracts narrower, smaller, hairy. Flowers to 20, similar; corolla 7-8 mm long, lobes oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Achenes 2.5 mm long, 4-angled, glandular, outer pappus scaly, fimbriate; inner pappus to 10 mm long, setaceous, dull yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala
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