Piloselloides hirsuta (Forssk.) C.Jeffrey ex Cufod.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Arnica piloselloides L.; Doronicum piloselloides (L.) Lam.; Perdicium piloselloides (L.) Hiern; Arnica hirsuta Forssk.; Doronicum arabicum Lam.; Epiclinastrum candollei Bojer ex DC.; Gerbera aberdarica R.E.Fr.; Gerbera amabilis Hance; Gerbera candollei Sch.Bip.; Gerbera hirsuta Less.; Gerbera humilis Sch.Bip.; Gerbera ovalifolia DC.; Gerbera peregrina Steenis; Gerbera piloselloides var. concolor Sch.Bip.; Gerbera schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Hochst.; Gerbera waandersiana Zoll. ex Steenis; Inula rungwensis Beentje; Lasiopus candollei DC.; Leptica ciliata E.Mey. ex DC.; Pseudoseris rutenbergii Baill.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Leaves used for hot fomentation in rheumatic pain.
  • Key identification features : Acaulescent, annual herbs, silky villose rootstock; Leaves radical, short petioled, obovate-elliptic or oblong-obovate, obtuse-emarginate, base narrowed, quite entire, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, white pubescent beneath; Heads solitary, ebracteate, villous scape; Involucral bracts, biseriate, narrow-oblong, acute, cottony; Florets mauve-white; Achenes narrow-elongate, scaly, with a long, slender beak; Pappus reddish.
  • Flower, Fruit : February- August
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Champhai, South-East of Lungleh, North Vanlaiphai
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Angola, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Somalia,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Angola, Bhutan, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Hainan, India, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 784
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 35
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Piloselloides hirsuta. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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