- Family : ASTERACEAE
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
- Basionym : Artemisia vulgaris var. nilagirica C.B.Clarke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artemisia nilagirica (C.B.Clarke) Pamp.
- Common name : Nilgiri Wormwood, Indian Wormwood, Fleabane, Mugwort
- Vernacular name :
- Nagdona, Davana (Hindi)
- Leibakngou (Manipuri)
- Dhordavana, Gondhomaro (Marathi)
- Makkippu (Tamil)
- Makkippuvu, Masipatri (Malayalam)
- Masipatri (Telugu)
- Manchipatre, Manchipatra, Manchapatri, Manjepatre, Urigattige, Uruvalu, Kaaduu manjipatre (Kannada)
- Nagadana (Bengali)
- Dayona (Oriya)
- Surpin (Konkani)
- Nilum (Assamese)
- Nagadaman, Damanak (Sanskrit)
- Harana (Tangkhul)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Slopes; middle elevations
- Comments / notes : Aromatic herb of wastelands at higher altitudes; along forest margins. Leaves are used to prepare a local hair-care lotion Chinghi. Aromatic herb of wastelands at higher altitudes; along forest margins
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district)
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : China, India, Myanmar, Tibet, West Himalaya
- 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
- 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 – Flora of Hassan
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 150
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artemisia nilagirica. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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