- 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) : Epaltes divaricata (L.) Cass.
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Plains especially towards the coast. Gregarious in low-lying ground by river banks in clayey soil.
- Flower, Fruit : October-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Puri district, Angul district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district, Madurai district
- Native : Indian subcontinent
- World Distribution : China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Java
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- 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 – Flora of Hassan District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Epaltes divaricata. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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