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Anaphalis subdecurrens
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Anaphalis subdecurrens (DC.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 695(489). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 148. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 252. 1994; P.C. Pant in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 75. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 37. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 194. 1998.
Gnaphalium subdecurrens DC. in Wight, Contrib. 21. 1834.
Anaphalis oblonga DC., Prodr. 6: 274. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 283. 1881.
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Description:
Erect herbs; stems densely covered with smocky wool. Leaves simple, 3-6 x 0.6-1 cm, oblanceolate, acute, 1-veined, sessile. Heads 3 x 6 mm, sessile, collected in terminal congested cymes; bracts 3 mm long, elliptic, entire, acute with solid lower portion; outer ones wooly. Female flowers many; corolla yellow, slender, glabrous. Bisexual flowers 4-6, central; corolla broader. Achenes brown, papillose; pappus 2 mm long, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-2400
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Localities:
Mangaladevi, Kanthaloor forests, Sispara, Old Devicolam, Ponmudi, Chemungi
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