• 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) : Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronq
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Grasslands, moist deciduous forests and weed of cultivations
• Comments / notes : On hills above 800m
• Flower, Fruit : June-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Koraput district
  • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Salem district, Kolli Hills (Namakkal district)
• Native : S.America
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; 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; 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=Erigeron bonariensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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