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Vernonia peninsularis var. peninsularis
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia peninsularis (Clarke) Clarke ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 233. 1881, var. peninsularis; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 674(474). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 378. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 212. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 396. 2002.
Vernonia bracteata Wall. var. peninsularis Clarke, Comp. Ind. 18. 1876.
Decaneurum silhetense Wight, Ic. t. 1083. 1846.
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Description:
Subshrubs, to 1.5 m high; stems ribbed, pectinate-hairy. Leaves to 10 x 5 cm, elliptic, acute at base and apex, serrate, pectinate-hairy below, nerves 5-6 pairs, reticulate. Heads 15 x 13 mm, globose, in terminal loose corymbose cymes, long-peduncled; bracts 7-9 x 2 mm, outer deflexed; corolla 10 mm long, pale pink. Achenes glabrous; outer pappus setaceous, 6-9 mm long, white.
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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:
Shola forests and 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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
1200-1800
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Localities:
Vellimala, Agasthymala peak
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