• 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) : Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob.
• Common name : Ash Fleabane, Ash colored fleabane, Purple fleabane
• Vernacular name : Sahadevi, Sadodi, Daudotpala (Hindi); Sahadevi, Karehindi (Kannada); Sirusengalaneer (Tamil); Gariti kamini, Gariti kamma, Sahadevi chettu (Telugu); Badi poksunga, Poka sungo (Oria); Sahadevi (Sanskrit); Sahadevi (Marathi); Pirina, Poovamkurunthala, Puvamkozhinjal, Puvankurunal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Foothills of deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : In plains up to 1000m. Sometimes a weed of wastelands and fallow fields
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 27/09/2010
• Collection Nos : FAP 40196
• Collection Locality : Idupulapaya, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Throughout Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka : Throughout Karnataka
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha
  • Tamil Nadu : Throughout Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
• 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 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; 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.
• 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=Vernonia cinerea. Downloaded on 5 June 2025.

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