- 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) : Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
- Common name : Spot-me Flowers
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Waysides, waste places, Deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : On plains to 1100m,Tropical dry deciduous forests, often a weed of wasteland.
- Flower, Fruit : September-April
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
- Collection Date : 09/12/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 39550
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Guntur district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district, Shimla district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Alwar district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicoabr Islands, Australia, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 370
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Blainvillea acmella. Downloaded on 14 February 2025.
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