MH129 : Senecio grahamii Hook.f. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
269 |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Asterales |
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: Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus |
: Senecio |
| Species |
: Senecio grahami
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Only on and around Chikhaldara |
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| Plant Category : |
Herbs |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
- |
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| Plant Family : |
Compositae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Sonki, Mumbai Senecio, Graham's groundsel, Sonki |
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| Synonym : |
Senecio reticulatus
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| Description : |
Sonki is a gregarious plant of the Western Ghats which makes a splash during its mass flowering with the advent of monsoons. It is seen on hill-slopes, old roofs and forks of trees. It is an erect branched annual herb, growing to 30-100 cm high. Alternately arranged, rhomboid, coarsely toothed leaves are 3-10 cm long. Golden yellow flower-heads are 1-2 cm across. Ray-flowers ("petals") are 10-15 in number, linear oblong. Disk flowers are also yellow, but in a darker shade.
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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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