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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH365 : Senecio chrysanthemoides DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 29  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Asterales
Family : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family
Genus : Senecio
Species : Senecio chrysanthemoides
Plant Location in Melghat : On vairat hills along moist slopes  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Compositae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Cineraria decipiens Spreng. ex DC.
Senecio chrysanthemoides var. chrysanthemoides
Description : Tall perennial herb reaching 2 m, glabrous below hairy above, grooved, much branched; leaves alternate, 15-25 cm long, pinnately divided into toothed lobes, terminal lobe largest, irregularly lobed and toothed, basal lobes stem clasping, upper leaves smaller; heads 12-18 mm across, in large spreading terminal corymbs; involucre bracts 10-12, oblong, acute, often tipped dark brown to black; ray florets 10-12, 3-toothed; achenes 2 mm long, strongly ribbed, pappus white.
 
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Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :