• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
• Common name : Spot-me Flowers
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Waysides, waste places, Deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : On plains to 1100m,Dry deciduous forests, often a weed of wasteland.
• Flower, Fruit : September-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 12/09/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 39550
• Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Guntur district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blainvillea acmella. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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