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Cirsium wallichii var. wightii
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Cirsium wallichii DC., Prodr. 6: 643. 1838, var. wightii (Hook. f.) Vivek., Biol. Mem. Angiosp. Taxon ser. 2 (1 & 2): 77. 1977; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 38. 1998.
Cnicus wallichii DC. var. wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 364. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 725 (510). 1921.
Cirsium wallichii DC., Prodr. 6: 543. 1838, var. fasciculata (Hook. f.) Manilal & Suresh in Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 153. 1988.
Cnicus wallichii DC. var. fasciculata Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 364. 1881
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chakkumullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect thistle; branchlets ribbed, cottony. Leaves alternate, sessile, clasping, lower ones deeply pinnatisect, upper ones sinuate-pinnatifid, to 10(15) x 3(5) cm; segments irregularly lobed and toothed, margin spiny. Corymbs terminal or in upper axils. Capitula many-flowered, separate, homogamous, bisexual, fertile, 4.5 cm wide. Involucre ovoid. Phyllaries several-seriate; outer ones spiny, spreading, 1.2 cm; inner ones dilated and incurved near apex, 1.5 cm. Receptacle 2 cm wide, flat; peduncle 1 cm. Florets to 2 cm. Corolla-tube 1.5 cm; lobes 5. Stamens 5; anther-base caudate, auricles connate, tails slender. Style arms short, obtuse. Achenes ovoid, obtusely 4-angled. Pappus of 15-40 whitish hairs to 1 cm, copious, feathery.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Nepal and Bhutan
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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):
Purple, 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:
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Localities:
Devicolam
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