Gnomophalium pulvinatum (Delile) Greuter
MH474 : Gnomophalium pulvinatum (Delile) Greuter
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Filago prostrata DC.;
Gnaphalium crispatulum C.B.Clarke;
Gnaphalium depressum Roxb.;
Gnaphalium pulverulentum Bové ex DC.;
Gnaphalium pulvinatum Delile;
Homognaphalium pulvinatum (Delile) Fayed & Zareh; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | COMPOSITAE |
| Description | : | Herbs, annual, prostrate, densely whitish to grayish lanate tomentose. Stems 5-15 cm, many from base, much branched. Leaves sessile, spatulate or obovate-spatulate, 5-15 × 1.5-4 mm, densely white lanate abaxially, hairy adaxially, 1-veined, base narrowly attenuate, apex mucronate; upper leaves densely crowded. Capitula campanulate, 3-4 mm wide, congested in terminal clusters, surrounded by terminal leaves. Phyllaries 2- or 3-seriate, greenish tinged, narrowly elliptic or linear to lanceolate, apex acute, hyaline at tip. Disk florets 4 or 5, bisexual; female florets numerous. Corolla ca. 1 mm, minutely papillose. Pappus setae white, 6 or 7 in female florets and 3 or 4 in bisexual ones, not united into a ring; apical cell subclavate. Fl. Nov-May. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| 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 | : |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Gnomophalium |
| Species | : Gnomophalium pulvinatum (Delile) Greuter |