• 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 albicans (DC.) H.Rob.
• Vernacular name : Sahadevi (Sanskrit)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : On hills and at 800 m on bare slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : July-January
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 13/12/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-397
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Nigidi forest, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia
• 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; 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=Vernonia albicans. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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