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Vernonia anamallica
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia anamallica Bedd. ex Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 339. 1920; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 353. 1995.
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Description:
Shrubs, upto 1.5 m tall; stems and branches angled, appressed pubescent, internodes somewhat zigzag. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, crenate-serrate, 11.5 x 3.8 cm, appressedly golden pubescent beneath, petioled. Heads in terminal corymbs, ca 1 cm across. Involucral bracts 4-5-seriate, ovate, mucronate, thick, appressed hairy on the back, ciliate on the margins; outermost ca 1.5 mm long; innermost ca 5 mm long. Achenes shining white, ca 2.5 mm long, 4-5-angled, smooth, glandular, broad above with a conspicuous hollow pappus ring.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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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):
White
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Devicolam
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