Gnaphalium pulvinatum
MH122 : Gnaphalium pulvinatum Delile Descr. Egypte
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 262 |
| Synonym | : | Homognaphalium pulvinatum (Delile) Fayed & Zareh; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Frequent in drying ponds, especially in Chourakund,Rangubeli and Raipur localities |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242426784 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Gnaphalium |
| Species | : Gnaphalium pulvinatum |