Tridax procumbens L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Species : Tridax procumbens
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Tridax procumbens (L.) L.
  • Common name : Coat Buttons
  • Vernacular name : Tikke gida, Kari balli (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2586, CJS 9514
  • Key identification features : A perennial hairy herb with simple alternate leaves. Flowers tiny, into heterogamous heads. Fruit tiny, dark with a crown of hairs.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : Central America
  • Comments : Grows abundantly in open and along the roads.
  • 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; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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