MH122 : Gnaphalium pulvinatum Delile Descr. Egypte |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
262 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Asterales |
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: Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus |
: Gnaphalium |
| Species |
: Gnaphalium pulvinatum |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Frequent in drying ponds, especially in Chourakund,Rangubeli and Raipur localities |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
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| Plant Family : |
Compositae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
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| Synonym : |
Homognaphalium pulvinatum (Delile) Fayed & Zareh
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| Description : |
A diffusely branched prostrate herb, densely whitish to greyish woolly tomentose. Stems 5-10 (-15) cm long. Leaves spathulate or obovate-spathulate, 3-12 (-15) x 1.5-4 mm, narrowly attenuate at base, mucronate at the apex, hairy above, densely white woolly beneath, single veined, upper leaves densely crowded. Capitula 3-4 mm across, campanulate, congested in terminal clusters, surrounded by the terminal leaves; phyllaries 2-3-seriate, greenish tinged, narrowly elliptic, linear to lanceolate, acute, hyaline at the tip. Disc florets 4-5, bisexual; female florets numerous. Corolla c. 1 mm long, minutely papillose. Pappus setae white, 6-7 in female and 3-4 in bisexual ones. Fl.Per.: November-May. |
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| Reference : |
~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :
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