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Vernonia setigera
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Vernonia setigera Arn., Nov. Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 345. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 235. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 674(474). 1921; Uniyal in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 385. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 384. 1997.
Vernonia neilgheryensis sensu Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 160. 1859, non DC. 1836.
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Description:
Undershrubs or shrubs; stems grooved, covered with ferruginous, spreading hairs. Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate, upto 10.5 x 4 cm (including petiole), rough hairy on both the surfaces, narrowly winged to a petiole. Heads blue or violet, in terminal corymbs, ca 0.8 cm across, 6-10-flowered. Involucral bracts 3-4-seriate, hairy on back, aristate; outermost subulate-linear; inner lanceolate, ca 7.5 mm long. Corolla glandular. Achenes ca 2 mm long, glandular, glabrous or with few short hairs, 5-ribbed. Pappus yellowish; outer hairs short or absent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1400-2200
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Localities:
Karuvarakundu
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