• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Conyza axillaris Lam.
• Synonym(s) : Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
• Common name : Pink Blumea
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : On plains from coast to 1200m, in fallow fields, wasteland, tank bunds and paddy fields; also in degraded deciduous forests and grasslands
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
• Native : Tropical Africa
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Asia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; 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; 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=Blumea neilgherrensis. Downloaded on 2 February 2025.

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