• 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) : Echinops echinatus Roxb.
• Vernacular name : Gokru, Utakanta (Hindi); Brahmadandi (Kannada); Batresh (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open forests
• Comments / notes : Common in plains and wasteland
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district, Vizianagaram district, Vishakapatnam district, Krishna district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Odisha : Bargarh district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district
• Native : Afghanistan
• World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• 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; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga district; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district
• 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=Echinops echinatus. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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