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Anaphalis beddomei
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 282. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 695(489). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 147. 1988; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 56. 1995; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 275. 2005.
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Description:
Stout, subshrubby; indumentum grey woolly. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, 10 x 2 cm, chartaceous, densely woolly, prominently 5-ribbed, base narrow, semi-amplexicaul, apex acute. Corymbs to 13 cm wide; peduncle to 6 cm. Capitula white with yellow centre, 4 mm wide; stalk 3 mm; receptacle less than 2 mm wide. Phyllaries 3-5-seriate, white; outer ones oblong-elliptic, 4 mm; inner ones oblong-lanceolate, 3.5 mm. Pappus 15-20, bristly, 2.5 mm long. Bisexual florets 15-20 in 3 or 4-seriate. Corolla yellowish, glanded; tube 2 mm; lobes 5. Stamens 5; style arms distally thickened. Pistillate florets 20-25 in 2 or 3-series. Corolla tube 2 mm; lobes 5. Achenes less than 1 mm, faintly ribbed, spinulose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream sides in 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):
Yellow
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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:
-2350
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Localities:
Valiyaparathode, Kakki hills
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