Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Asteraceae (Compositae)
  • Species : Blainvillea acmella
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
  • Common name : Spot-me Flowers
  • Collection Nos : HFP 2065, CJS 15139
  • Collector(s) Name : K.N.Gandhi
  • Key identification features : An annual stout herb. Stem is grooved. Leaves opposite, crenate and palmately veined. Heads solitary, heterogamous; florets white turning yellow. Achenes either trigonous or flat, pappus is absent.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka, Pantropics
  • Comments : A common weed in open country or waste places
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Hassan
  • 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; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere

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