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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH284 : Senecio laetus Edgew.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae
Genus : Senecio
Species : Senecio laetus Edgew.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : Cheerful Senecio
 
Synonym : Senecio chrysanthemoides
Senecio rosulifer
Senecio scapiformis
Description : a tall perennial herb reaching 2 m in height. The plant is hairless below, hairy above, grooved, much branched. Alternately arranged leaves are 15-25 cm long, pinnately divided into toothed lobes, terminal lobe largest, irregularly lobed and toothed, basal lobes stem clasping, upper leaves smaller. Flower-heads are yellow, 1.2-1.8 cm across, in large spreading terminal corymbs. Involucre bracts are 10-12, oblong, acute, often tipped dark brown to black; ray florets 10-12, 3-toothed; achenes 2 mm long, strongly ribbed, pappus white.
 
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Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :