• 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) : Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
• Common name : Cindrella weed
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Garden plant
• Comments / notes : On plains to foothills and wastelands.
• Flower, Fruit : July-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : West Indies
• World Distribution : Introduced in tropics
• 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Synedrella nodiflora. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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