MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MH119 : Galinsoga parviflora Cav. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 259 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | At higher elevations in Chikhaldara range among grasses | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Herbs | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | UNCOMMON | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Compositae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Quick Weed, gallant soldier, potato weed, small-flower galinsoga, Hameng shampakpi, Mookuthi Poo, Chitlange jhar | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Adventina parviflora (Cav.) Raf. Galinsoga hirsuta Baker Galinsoga laciniata Retz. Galinsoga parviflora var. adenophora Thell. Galinsoga parviflora f. parceglandulosa Thell. Galinsoga parviflora subsp. parceglandulosa Galinsoga parviflora f. subeglandulosa Thell. Galinsoga quinqueradiata Ruiz & Pav. Stemmatella sodiroi Hieron. Vigolina acmella (Roth) Poir. Wiborgia acmella Roth Wiborgia parviflora (Cav.) Kunth |
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| Description : | Erect branched herbs, 30-40 cm high; stem smooth. Leaves opposite, 3-5 x 2-3 cm, ovate, acute, glabrous, serrate, 3-ribbed from base. Heads 4 x 3 mm, many, in axillary or terminal peduncled cymes; peduncles dichotomous, slender; bracts biseriate, 3 x 2 mm, ovate, acute, glabrous; receptacle paleate. Outer row of flowers ligulate, limb deeply 3-lobed, white. Inner flowers tubular, bisexual; corolla 1.5 mm long, 5-toothed; anthers obtuse at base. Achenes 2 mm long, obovoid, truncate, black, 3-4-angled, scabrid; pappus of 3-4 fimbriate hyaline scales. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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