• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Carduus ramosus Roxb.
• Synonym(s) : Volutarella ramosa (Roxb.) Santapau; Amberboa ramosa (Roxb.) Jafri; Tricholepis procumbens Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oligochaeta ramosa Wag.
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : Occasional on foothills in black soils
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 26/01/2014
• Collection Nos : FAP 42041
• Collection Locality : Mabbuchintalapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kolar district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Kalhandi district, Angul district, Malkangiri district, Koraput district, Dhenkanal district, Nayagarh district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• 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; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka.
• 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=Oligochaeta ramosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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