• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Synonym(s) : Erigeron mucronatus DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Thaer chedi (Tamil); Pottu-poovu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Introduced. Habitation near crevices of walls at high elevations and moist grasslands
• Key identification features : Head disc yellow, rays opening white and fading pink.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• Native : Mexico
• World Distribution : Mexico, India, Malaysia, Southern Europe
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : 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; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore district; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
• 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=Erigeron karvinskianus. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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