Herbarium JCB

Senecio wightii (DC. ex Wight) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke

Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
Basionym : Doronicum wightii DC. ex Wight
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Senecio wightii (DC. ex Wight) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
Common name : Swamp ragwort
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshy areas and also near rice fields
Comments / notes : Common
Key identification features : Fairly common herb with yellow heads. Leaf base amplexicaul
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Chikkamagaluru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Kalrayan Hills, Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
Native : Indo-China
World Distribution : China, India, Myanmar
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
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=Senecio wightii. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.