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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH135 : Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 276  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Synedrella Gaertn. - synedrella
Species : Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. - nodeweed
Plant Location in Melghat : Among tall grasses at higher elevation in jDhakna, Chikhaldara and Semadoh ranges  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : Cinderella Weed, Nodeweed, Pig grass, Synedrella, Mudiyendra pacha
 
Synonym : Verbesina nodiflora L.
Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc.
Wedelia cryptocephala Peter
Description : Cinderella Weed is an annual herb with erect stems growing up to 90 cm tall. Oppositely arranged short-petioled, elliptic or ovate leaves have crenate-serrate margins. Upper leaves are short, 3-4 cm. Lower leaves longer, 5-15 X 2-6 cm. Stalkless yellow flower-heads occur in leaf axils. Both ray and disk florets are yellow. It is propagated by seeds. Cinderella Weed is native to tropical America, but is now a common weed in corn fields and various other crop fields.
 
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Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :