• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (ASTER or SUNFLOWER FLOWER)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Compositae
• Species : Oligochaeta ramosa
• Synonym : Volutarella ramosa (Roxb.) Santapau; Amberboa ramosa (Roxb.) Jafri
• Basionym : Carduus ramosus Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oligochaeta ramosa Wag.
• Collection Nos : FAP 42041
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 26/01/14
• Collection Locality : Mobbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : December-March
• Native : India
• Comments : Occasional in foothills and plains of scrub jungles.
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tippukaadu R.F. (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); West Godavari district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Angul district, Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Nayagarh district, Kalahandi district (Odisha State);
• World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Oligochaeta ramosa. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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