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Anaphalis notoniana
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis notoniana (DC.) DC., Prodr. 6: 273. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 284. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 695(489). 1921; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 71. 1995.
Hedysarum notonianum DC. in Wight, Contrib. 20. 1834.
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Description:
Herbs, perennial, erect, upto 35 cm high, subcorymbosely branched from base, densely clothed with dull brown-yellow wool. Leaves oblong, usually imbricate, erect, base subamplexicaul, obtuse at apex, margins sometimes very slightly recurved, 0.4-1.6 x 0.1-0.3 cm, surfaces densely fulvous, 1-nerved, sessile. Heads campanulate, crowded in branched terminal corymbs, ca 2 mm across; peduncle obscure and softly woolly. Involucral bracts many-seriate, scarious, yellow or pinkish tinged; outermost obovate, densely clothed with yellow tomentum, usually toothed at apex, base with brownish blotch; inner ones oblong. Ray florets filiform, ca 1 mm long, 4-toothed. Disc florets bisexual, ca 1.2 mm long, 5-toothed. Achenes minute, ca 0.2 mm long, papillose. Pappus hairs white, shining, minutely bristly.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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, Pink
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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:
1950-2600
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Localities:
Cochin
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