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Vernonia saligna var. nilghirensis
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia saligna DC. var. nilghirensis Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 235. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 674(474). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 258. 1990; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 383. 1995; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 214. 1998.
Vernonia saligna sensu Fyson, Fl. South Indian Hill St. 2: t. 252. 1932, non DC. 1836.
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Description:
Subshrubs, to 1.5 cm high; stem terete, wooly-tomentose. Leaves 8-12 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, distantly crenate-serrate, pubescent along the nerves beneath; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. Panicle terminal, lax, to 25 cm across; branches strigose. Heads 5-6 x 7 mm; involucral bracts 2-3-seriate, dissimilar, outer bracts linear, 6 mm long, sharply acuminate, inner 6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, 3-nerved, hairy. Flowers few, similar; corolla 5 mm long, glabrous; anthers 2 mm long. Achenes 1.5 mm long, glandular between ribs; pappus reddish-white; outer 0.5 mm long, setaceous, inner 4.5 mm long, setaceous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
Brown
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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:
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Localities:
Chokkampetti, Valiyaparathode
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