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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH275 : Senecio edgeworthii Hook.f.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Senecio
Species : Senecio edgeworthii Hook. f.
Plant Location in Melghat : Chikhaldara, Vairat plateau  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Doronicum argenteum Dalzell ex Cooke.
Doronicum tomentosum Wight.
Madaractis lanuginosa Edgew.
Senecio lanuginosus var. tomentosus (Wight) M.R.Almeida.
Senecio tomentosus (Wight) C.B.Clarke.
Description : Herbs, perennial, erect, white tomentose; stems and branches angular, branched or simple. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to rhomboid, obtuse, margins thickened, recurved, irregularly toothed to lobulate, 4 x 1.5 cm, coriaceous, upper surface greenish brown, puberulous, lower surface densely white tomentose with prominent brown venation; petiole ca 6 mm long, auricled at the base. Capitula radiate, broadly campanulate, bracteolate, 0.5-1 cm in diam., pedunculate. Involucre greyish green, campanulate; bracts oblanceolate, 0.4 cm, acuminate, tip dilated, herbaceous with broad scarious margins. Ray florets 10-14, linear, 4-nerved, 3-dentate. Disc florets numerous. Achenes obconic, 4 mm long, pubescent, deeply ribbed. Pappus of white, unequal hairs.
 
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Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :