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Youngia nilgiriensis
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Youngia nilgiriensis Babcock, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 662. 1940; Hajra in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 329.1995; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 161. 1999.
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Description:
Herbs, perennial; stems short, woody. Leaves 10-16 x 1.5-3 cm; basal oblanceolate, acute, lyrate-pinnatifid, with a narrow petiole, puberulous above, glabrous beneath; lower cauline leaves acuminate; upper lanceolate, acuminate, sessile. Heads 8-9 mm long, blackish green or dark green, 12-13 flowered; peduncle glabrous. Outer involucral bracts unequal, 5-7, 2-3.5 mm long; inner 8, rounded at apex. Ligules yellow; corolla 9-10 mm long. Anthers 2 mm long. Style greenish. Achenes brownish subcompressed, 5 mm long, attenuate at apex. Pappus bluish grey, ca 5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
Green
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
2000-2600
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Localities:
Sispara
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