MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH457 : Blumea obliqua (L.) Druce |
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| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | COMPOSITAE | |||||||||||||
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| Synonym : | Blumea amplectens DC. Blumea amplectens var. maritima C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. Blumea anagallidifolia DC. Blumea arenaria DC. Blumea obliqua var. arenaria (DC.) G.S.Giri & B.Mitra Blumea obliqua var. maritima (Clarke ex Hook.f.) G.S.Giri & B.Mitra Blumea obliqua var. obliqua Blumea pubiflora DC. Conyza obliqua Buch.-Ham. ex Willd. Erigeron obliquus L. |
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| Description : | Herbs, erect, dichotomously branched; stems branched, yellowish, 5-50 cm high, puberulous. Leaves elliptic oblong to lanceolate, apiculate, margins serrate dentate, base half amplexicaul to obtuse, 0.5-5 x 0.2-2 cm, scabrid to velutinous on both surfaces. Heads solitary, terminal and axillary, 6-10 mm in diam., long pedunculate. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 1-8 mm long, hairy on dorsal surface, reflexed at maturity; outer ones apiculate; inner acuminate, often tinged with purple, margins scarious. Receptacle slightly convex, areolate, glabrous. Corolla of bisexual florets yellow, tubular, 4-5 mm long, 5-lobed; lobes acute, papillate, pubescent; corolla of female florets filiform, 3-4 mm long, 2-3 lobed, glabrous. Achenes dark brown, oblong, not ribbed, pubescent. Pappus yellowish white, 3-4 mm long. | |||||||||||||
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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
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