• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Blumea flava DC.
• Synonym(s) : Laggera flava (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Blumeopsis flava (DC.) Gagnep.
• Vernacular name : Moharenti (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Occasional on plains and in wastelands
• Flower, Fruit : October-April
• Collection Nos : CJS 15876
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Odisha : Way to Mali (Koraput district), Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district
  • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district)
• World Distribution : Peninsula through India to Himalaya and Malay peninsula, China, Bhutan
• 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; 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
• 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=Blumeopsis flava. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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