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Artemisia japonica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Artemisia japonica Thunb., Fl. Jap. 310. 1784; B.D. Naithani in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 28.1995.
Artemisia parviflora Roxb. ex. D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 181. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 322. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 713(501). 1921; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 194. 1998.
Artemisia japonica var. parviflora (Roxb. ex D. Don) Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. 34. 665. 1927.
Artemisia glabrata DC. in Wight, Contrib. 20. 1834.
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Description:
Annuals or perennials, 1.5 m high; stems terete. Leaves cuneate at base, 5 x 3 cm, usually clustered. Heads 3 x 3 mm, globose, in terminal narrow leafy panicles; bracts 2-3 mm long, ovate, obtuse. Inner few flowers bisexual; corolla 2 mm long, tubular; lobes acute; anthers obtuse at base. Achenes 1 mm long, ellipsoid, faintly striate; yellowish brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Japan
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1500-2600
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Localities:
Thannikkudy
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