- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Centrostachys aspera (L.) Standl.; Stachyarpagophora aspera (L.) M.Gómez
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Achyranthes aspera L.
- Common name : Devil's Horse Whip, Prickly Chaff Flower, Rough Chaff
- Vernacular name :
- Circita, Latgira, Chichira, Addhajhare (Hindi)
- Uttarani (Kannada)
- Nayuruvi, Naagarkaai mullu (Tamil)
- Apamarga (Sanskrit)
- Kadaladi, Vankadaladi, Valiyakadaladi (Malayalam)
- Apamarga (Oria)
- Uttareni (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Weed on road sides, waste places and foot hills also in plains
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, B.Gurudev Singh; Ravichandran V., Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page
- Collection Date : 06-11-1979, 01-02-2017
- Collection Nos : KFP 10212, HJCB 0829
- Collection Locality : Near Krishnaiyyandoddi, Bengaluru district; Megamalai wildlife sanctuary
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Agatti Islands, Amini Islands, Androth Islands, Kavai Islands
- Native : Afghanistan, Aldabra, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Australia, Azores, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Islands, C
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropics of the World
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
- N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 300
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Achyranthes aspera
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Achyranthes aspera. Downloaded on 16 February 2026.
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