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Kleinia walkeri
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Kleinia walkeri (Wight) Uniyal in Rao et al., Fl. Ind. Enum. Aster. 49. 1988; R. Mathur in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 227.1995; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 90. 2000.
Gynura walkeri Wight, Ic. t. 122. 1846.
Notonia walkeri (Wight) Clarke, Comp. Ind. 170. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 337. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 717(504). 1921; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 40. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 382. 2002.
Senecio stylosus Balakr., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 67: 62. 1970; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 208. 1998.
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Description:
Fleshy subshrubs, to 1.5 m high; stem glabrous. Leaves to 13 x 4 cm, alternate, elliptic, acuminate at either ends, crenate-serrate, glabrous; petiole 4 cm long. Heads 14 x 8 mm in terminal corymbose panicle; bracteolate; involucral bracts 10 mm long, uniseriate, oblong, glabrous; receptacle paleate. Flowers all bisexual, tubular; corolla 8 mm long, 5-lobed, white or pale yellow; anthers entire at base. Achenes 5 mm long, oblong, 10-ribbed; hairy between ribs; pappus many, cottony, white, setaceous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia
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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):
White, 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:
1400-2100
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Kanjhippara, Agasthymala peak
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