Herbarium JCB

Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex Wight

Family : ASTERACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Asteraceae (Compositae)
Species : Emilia sonchifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex DC.
Common name : Pink Emilia
Vernacular name : Shashashrutih (San.); Hirankuri (Hin.); Ili kivi (Kan.)
Collection Nos : CJS 9117
Key identification features : A diffuse annual herb. Leaves are simple, auriculate at base, obovate with toothed margin. Flower heads small, in clusters on long stalk and are pink. Cypsela are slender, ribbed, brown with white coma.
Habit : Herb
Native : Old World Tropics
Comments : Found on roadsides and forest openings. Of repute as a wound healer.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
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; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara