• 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) : Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. ex DC.
• Common name : Pink Emilia
• Vernacular name : Hirankuri (Hindi); Sarkara (Oria); Shashashrutih (Sanskrit); Elichevianveru, Muyalchevian, Orichozhiyan (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open deciduous forests and Agricultural fields
• Comments / notes : On plains to 1300m, in moist places like bunds and paddy fields; in dry and moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : July-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy & Arun Singh R
• Collection Date : 13/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-75
• Collection Locality : Jamunamarthur, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : Tropical and sub tropical regions of Asia and Africa
• 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 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; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri district; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore district; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere district; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• 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=Emilia sonchifolia. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

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