• 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) : Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
• Common name : Ash herb
• Vernacular name : Saambapachchai (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wet places
• Comments / notes : On hills as a weed of cultivation. Sometimes abundant in fallow fields, in clayey soil.
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Madurai district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Karur district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• 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; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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=Gnaphalium polycaulon. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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