- 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 IPNI) : Ageratum conyzoides L.
- Common name : Goat Weed, App grass, White weed
- Vernacular name :
- Visadoori (Hindi)
- Nayi Tulasi, Muguthi gida (Kannada)
- Vaadaichedi (Tamil)
- Poksunga, Boksunga, Dengsingi (Oria)
- Visamustin (Sanskrit)
- Osadi (Marathi)
- Appa, Kattappa, Kumminipacha, Murianpache, Pokasunga (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Often in plains to 1300m. Most abundant weed of disturbed ground, fallow fields etc.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : All districts of Andhra Pradesh
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola 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, Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Lakshadweep : Agatti Island, Androth Island , Kalpeni Island, Kavaratti Island, Minicoy Island
- Native : America
- World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropics of the World
- 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
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- 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 (1). 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
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ageratum conyzoides. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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