Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
MH456 : Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Blumea arenaria var. honigbergeri (Rech.f.) Parsa;
Blumea honigbergeri Rech.f.;
Blumea perrottetiana DC.;
Blumea solidaginoides (Poir.) DC.;
Blumea solidagoides (Poir.) DC.;
Conyza axillaris Hornm. ex Lam.;
Conyza lacera var. bifoliolata Wall. ex Miq.;
Gnaphalium solidaginoides Poir.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, annual or biennial, erect, 5-120 cm tall, with a taproot. Stems terete, softly pilose with spreading hairs and glands, viscid-tomentose particularly on younger parts and on synflorescence axes. Leaves ovate-oblong, 9-11 × 3.5-4 cm, papery, densely silky-villous on both surfaces with soft multicellular hairs and glands, base attenuate, margin closely doubly serrate, apex obtuse to apiculate; veins 5-7 pairs. Capitula in terminal, narrow, compact, spiciform panicle, subsessile to pedunculate. Involucre campanulate; phyllaries in 3 or 4 series, outer ones shorter, linear-lanceolate, 3-4 × 0.6-0.8 mm, densely softly villous and with multicellular hairs and glands, inner linear, 5-6 × 0.2-0.3 mm, margins scarious, ciliate. Marginal florets 3.5-4.5 mm, 2- or 3-lobed, glandular. Central florets pinkish purple apically, whitish or yellowish at base, 3.5-4.5 mm, with 5 triangular lobes, lobes pubescent and with sessile glands. Receptacle convex, 1.8-2 mm in diam., alveolate, glabrous. Achenes oblong, ca. 0.8 × 0.2-0.3 mm, pubescent. Pappus white, 3-4 mm. Fl. year-round. 2n = 18, 36. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Degraded deciduous forests and grasslands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| 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 |
| 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 : |
| 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 |
| Species | : Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. |