Herbarium JCB

Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult.

Family : AMARANTHACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Amaranthaceae
Species : Aerva lanata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aerva lanata (L.)Juss. .
Common name : Polpola
Vernacular name : Pashanabedha (San.); Gorakhganja (Hin.); Bili suli gida, Bili hindi gida (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2514, KFP 8774
Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar
Key identification features : An erect or prostrate herb with many hairy branches. Leaves are alternate, elliptic to obovate, obtuse or acute, entire with cottony hair beneath. Flowers are tiny, white and are crowded in compact axillary spikes.
Habit : Herb
Native : Afrotropics
Comments : A common weed in scrub, dry lands and waste places
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Chitradurga fort (Chitradurga)
Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere