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Anaphalis leptophylla
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis leptophylla (DC.) DC., Prodr. 6: 273. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 285. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 696(490). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 148. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 252. 1994; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 67. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 368. 2002.
Helichrysum leptophyllum DC. in Wight, Contrib. 20. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panjichedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender herbs, profusely branched from base. Leaves simple, 1.5-2.5 x 0.2-0.3 cm, linear lanceolate, mucronate at tip, sparsely cottony above, densely white cottony below; midrib prominent. Heads grouped into dense corymbs. Involucre bracts many seriate, scaly, cottony without, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Corolla tube slender, 0.3 cm long, 5-lobed, pale yellow. Stamens 5; anthers sagittate at base. Achenes 0.1 cm, angled and slightly compressed, minutely white papillose. Pappus of many white barbellate hairs, 0.3-0.4 cm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands, in damp marshy places
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
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Altitude:
1000-2600
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Localities:
Sispara, Agastyarkudam, Agasthyamala, Pongalapara
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