Vernonia blanda DC.

 
  • 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) : Cacalia blanda Kuntze; Conyza blanda Wall.; Gymnanthemum blandum Steetz; Vernonia blandula C.B.Clarke; Vernonia tavoyana C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Decaneuropsis blanda (DC.) H.Rob. & Skvarla
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Rambling, scandent shrubs, with glabrous, slender branches; Leaves petioled, alternate, elliptic-lanceolate or spathulate, acute or obtuse, margins subdentate, membranous or somewhat coriaceous; Heads, in loose, terminal corymbs; Involucral bracts, 4-seriate, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, with bristly apices; Florets pink-purple; Achenes terete; pappus white or dull white.
  • Flower, Fruit : December- April
  • Distribution :
    • Mizoram : Darzo, Jungle valley forest, Lungleh, Theiriet
  • Native : China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 798
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vernonia blanda. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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