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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH110 : Conyza stricta Willd.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 250  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Conyza Less. - horseweed
Species : Conyza stricta
Plant Location in Melghat : Occasional in Chikhaldara and Semadoh ranges among grasses in comparatively open situations  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : Compositae  

 
Plant Common Name : erect horseweed, bat dawana, Bettada davana
 
Synonym : Baccharis trifurcata Trevir.
Blumea trisulca DC.
Chrysocoma aurea DC.
Conyza absinthifolia DC.
Conyza chrysocoma (DC.) Vatke
Conyza macrorrhiza Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. .
Conyza micrantha Spreng. ex DC.
Conyza montana DC.
Conyza pinnatifida Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. [Illegitimate]
Conyza spathulifolia Maxim. ex Regel
Conyza stricta var. pinnatifida (D.Don) Kitam.
Conyza triloba Decne.
Conyza trisulca Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Conyza vatkeana Oliv. & Hiern
Erigeron incisus Sieber ex DC.
Erigeron macrorrhizus (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Sch.Bip.
Erigeron macrorrhizus (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
Erigeron pinnatifidus D.Don [Illegitimate]
Erigeron schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.
Erigeron trilobus (Decne.) Boiss. .
Erigeron trisulcus D.Don
Eschenbachia stricta (Willd.) Raizada
Marsea stricta (Willd.) Hiern
Nidorella chrysocoma DC.
Nidorella triloba (Decne.) DC.


Description : Erect Horseweed is an upright annual herb, up to 1.1 m tall. Stems are simple or branched near the base, covered with long white hairs. Stalkless, narrow leaves get smaller towards the top. Inflorescences are branched, up to 35 cm long. Flower-heads are 3mm, pale ellow, numerous, on short, densely hairy pedicels. Flowering: September-October.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity :
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : farnesylic acid

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :