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Laggera crispata
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Laggera crispata (Vahl) Hepper & Wood, Kew Bull. 38:83.1983; R. Kumar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 151.1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 203. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 167. 1999; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 254. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 171. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 474. 2009.
Conyza crispata Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 71. 1790.
Laggera pterodonta (DC.) Sch.-Bip. ex Oliver, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 29: 94. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 271. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 689(485). 1921.
Blumea pterodonta DC. in Wight, Contrib. 16. 1834.
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Description:
Tall herbs, pubescent, branchlets winged, interrupted. Leaves 5-8 x 2.5 cm, oblanceolate, apex acute, serrate, membranous, puberulus, subsessile. Capitula in panicles; phyllaries many-seriate, unequal, inner longer, to 9 mm, lanceolate; bisexual florets 5 mm; ovary 0.5 mm, pubescent. Achenes 1 mm, black, puberulus.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, China, Myanmar and Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Blue, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1200
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Localities:
Alampetty, Thekkady, Keerapady, Damsite, Devicolam, Bhavani river bank
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