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Vernonia heynei
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia heynei Bedd. ex Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1920: 340. 1920 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 673(473). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 372. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 180. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 41. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 212. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 431. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 395. 2002.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m high, stems densely cottony-hairy. Leaves to 8 x 3 mm, ovate, acute, crenate, densely hairy below, glabrous above; nerves 8 pairs, faint; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Cymes 5-8 cm across, corymbose. Heads 13 mm long, densely packed; peduncles 1 cm long, hairy; bracts 3 or 4-seriate, outer smaller, inner 6 x 1.5 mm, elliptic. Flowers 12-15; corolla 8 mm long, lobes oblong, recurved. Achenes 3 x 1 mm, 10-ribbed, smooth; pappus biseriate, similar, 8 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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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):
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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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
1400-1900
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Localities:
Rosemala, Agasthymala peak
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