Blumea virens
Blumea virens
Blumea virens
MH359 : Blumea virens DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 23 |
| Synonym | : | Blumea diffusa Kurz.;
Blumea hymenophylla DC.;
Blumea integrifolia var. diffusa (R.Br. ex Benth.) Domin.;
Blumea lapsanoides DC.;
Blumea virens var. minor Hook.f.;
Blumea virens var. virens.;
Conyza virens Wall.;
Erigeron virens Russ. ex DC.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Herbs, 10-180 cm tall. Rhizome fibrous. Stems simple or branched, quite glabrous or rarely sparingly pilose. Leaves sessile, 3-22 × 0.7-10 cm; lower ones oblanceolate, lyrately lobed with terminal lobe obovate and lateral lobes broadly triangular to oblong, margin serrate with apiculate teeth, apex apiculate; upper ones obovate to oblanceolate, lobed or not, apiculate-serrate with minute teeth, both surfaces glabrate or sparingly pilose. Capitula usually in large, spreading, lax, terminal, leafy panicles, pedunculate, 5-7 mm in diam.; ultimate peduncles ca. 3 cm, bracteate, glabrous. Involucre columnar, 6-7 mm; phyllaries in 5 or 6 series, herbaceous, entirely reflexed at maturity, linear, 1-7.5 mm, sparsely pilose on abaxial surface with white, spreading hairs and colleters, apex mucronate, inner series with prominent scarious margins. Receptacle 2-2.5 mm in diam., convex, alveolate, glabrous. Corollas yellow, tubular; marginal florets filiform, 4-4.5 mm, 2- or 3-lobed, glabrous; central florets 4.5-5 mm, with 5 triangular, papillate lobes. Achenes oblong-columnar, ribbed, sparsely hairy. Pappus white, up to 4 mm. Fl. Feb-Apr. 2n = 18. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dharghad |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265347
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200023573 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII 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 | : Blumea DC. - false family |
| Species | : Blumea virens |