• 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) : Wedelia calendulacea (L.) Less.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sphagneticola calendulacea (L.) Pruski
• Common name : Chinese Wedelia
• Vernacular name : Pitabhrang, Pilabhangra, Bhangra, Bhanra (Hindi); Gargari (Kannada); Pitabhrangaraja, Pitabhranga (Sanskrit); Aswagandhi, Manjakanjunni, Kadal-kayyonni (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Occasional by marsh and moist soil and on hill slopes above 900m.
• Key identification features : Procumbent herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Udupi district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Thrissur district, RNK, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Kendrapara district, Cuttack district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : South & Southeast Asia
• World Distribution : India, Malaysia, China
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• 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 and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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.
• 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=Wedelia chinensis. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.

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