Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume, Bijdr. 547 1826. (Syn.: Achyranthes sanguinolenta L.; Achyranthes scandens Roxb.; Aerva bengalensis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid]; Aerva sanguinea Miq.; Aerva sanguinolenta var. lanceolata Moq.; Aerva sanguinolenta var. minor (Hance) H.S.Kiu; Aerva scandens (Roxb.) Wall.; Aerva scandens (Roxb.) Moq.; Aerva scandens var. minor Hance; Aerva timoriensis Zipp. ex Span.; Aerva toncafolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Amaranthus lacteus auct.; Celosia lactea Moq.; Froelichia lactea Heynh.; Gomphrena lactea DC.; Illecebrum sanguinolentum L. (unresolved); Oplotheca lactea Mart. (unresolved); Uretia sanguinolenta Kuntze (Unresolved)); AY-er-va -- Latinized form of the Arabic name for this plant ... Dave's Botanary san-gwin-oh-LEN-tuh -- full of blood ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: climbing wool-plant • Gujarati: ગોરખગાંજો gorakhganjo • Hindi: नुरिया nuriya, सफेद फुलीया sufed phulia • Kannada: ನೆಲ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು nela hindi soppu • Nepali: अईतिनबोट aitinbot • Telugu: పెద్ద పిండికూర pedda pindi-kura, పురిటితీగె puriti-tige Native of: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia Perennial herb up to 2 m tall, simple or branched; branches and leaves mostly alternate, rarely opposite; leaves oblong to lanceolate, 2-8 cm long; flowers creamish-white or pink in compact simple or panicled spikes, latter sessile or pedunculate; bracts, bracteoles and tepals lanate or puberulous outside; outer tepals mucronate 2-2.5 mm long, inner shorter, acute, pseudostaminodes triangular; utricle ovate. Bengal Plants describes as per efi thread:- (i) leaves opposite and alternate mixed; spikes in terminal panicles as well as axillary ------- A. scandens Wall. (a climbing undershrub; Behar; Chota Nagpur)- a syn. of Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume) (ii) leaves all alternate; spikes all axillary, fascicled ------ A. lanata Juss. (an erect or prostrate undershrub; Behar; E. Bengal) (iii) leaves filiform in opposite fascicles; spikes peduncled ----- A. monsonia Mart. (a much branched herb in West Bengal; Chota Nagpur)
Much branched at base -- long, slender, long, and terete ... herbaceous plant standing about 1.5 m. Place: Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park) Date: 12 DEC 09 ID please. Yes ..., It seems to be Aerva lanata. The plant is clearly showing simple, alternate leaves on wooly branches. And the white flowers are also minute and in clusters. ... many thanks ..., but having got used to seeing the cylindrical flower clusters, the conical clusters here made me raise the query. The other doubt is .. whether there is any other species confusingly close to A. lanata in Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Pl. also check it for Nothosaerva brachiata (Amaranthaceae). It may be Nothosaerva bractata. The Flora of British India says-Moquin has probably confused this with the very similar Aerva lanata. May be you are right. .....to me this looks like Aerva sanguinolenta, but not very sure This is not Aerva lanata.. the leaves are some what orbicular in A. lanata. instead it is Aerva sanguinolenta 1. Leaves subglabrous beneath 1. Leaves tomentose beneath 2. Inflorescence all axillary spikes or small clusters 3. Inflorescence axillary and terminal spikes A. sanguinolenta 2. A. lanata A. javanica Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Bl., Bijdr. 547, 1825; Singh et al, Fl. Mah. St. 2: 780, 2001; Almeida, Fl. Mah. 4: 196, 2003; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 521, 2005. Synonyms: Achyranthes sanguinolenta L. Sp. Pl. ed, 2, 294, 1762. A. scandens Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 503, 1824. Aerva scandens (Roxb.) Moe. in DC., Prodr. 13(2): 300, 1849; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 727, 1885; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 577, 1958 (Repr.). Gomphrena amaranthoides Roth. Nov. Pl. Sp. 182, 1821. Nothosaerva has 1-2 staminodes where as Aerva has 5 staminodes. Nothosaerva brachiate: leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, acute or sub obtuse, base attenuate, 1.8-3.5 x 1-2 cm Thank you very much ..., for the long pending ID with me and EOI.
syn: Achyranthes sanguinolenta L.; Aerva scandens (Roxb.) Moq. Perennial herb, frequently scrambling; leaves alternate or some opposite, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, white tomentose especially below; spikes white or pale pink, up to 6 cm long. Photographed from Morni Hill Tract on April 9, 2011
- I think this can be Aerva sanguinolenta rather than an Alternanthera sp. Further views will clarify the things. - ... me too agree with Nidhan ji's ID of Aerva sanguinolenta Views of A. sanguinolenta at Yeoor Hills ... http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Aervasanguinolenta&w=91314344%40N00&m... - Aerva sanguinolenta for me also - It looks like relative of Gorakh Ganja of Baba Gorakhnath and must be Aerva.
Location Kalatope, Chamba
Altitude 1200 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Height 2 feet Season October-November Probably from Amaranthaceae flowers look very close to Celosia ,,, possibly some species of Aerva ? It may be Nothosaerva brachiata. May be Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume I think ... is right, Aerva sanguilenta Leaves and branches are opposite or subopposite in Nothosaerva brachiata.
Height of the plant 5 feet. Appears to be from Amaranthaceae. This is an Aerva species. Can it be Aerva tomentosa? I hope Aerva sanguilenta Thanks ... for the ID of Aerva sanguinolenta from Amaranthaceae. A link from FOI http://www.flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Climbing%20Wool-Plant.html Just wondering what is red coloured here ...lenta? lenticels? Sir ji can you find out? Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: Aerva lanata Near Pune.Purandar SMP3: Aerva lanata Near Pune. Purandar SMP3 Nice Snaps indeed.. Was the plant scandent (climbing ) in habit ? As I can see the spikes are of both terminal and axillary positions, I guess this plant to be Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume [Synonym :Aerva scandens (Roxb.) Wall.]. However, I believe, in A. sanguinolenta (L.) Blume, ALL flowers are bisexual, whereas Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. has both unisexual & bisexual flowers. Therefore, sexuality of the flowers may better help in ID too. Yes ... You have a valid point there. This looks more like Aerva sanguinolenta. The plant was erect though.
Bot. name: Aerva sanguinolenta Family: Amaranthaceae Date/Time: 22-01-2012 / 09:45AM Location: Prabal Machi (En-route Kalawantin) Habitat: Wild. Prabalgad is no doubt a beautiful place to visit any time but unfortunately this place is slowly getting spoiled by the picnickers. Secondly, valley in between Matheran and Prabalgad is also worth exploring, very good forest cover along with back water of Morbe dam. Thanks ... We saw many at Morni Yes, this one is bit common here also. Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: PKA13 : Aerva sanguinolenta at Prabalgad: Seen this large Herb at Machi-Prabal. Bot. name: Aerva sanguinolenta Family: Amaranthaceae Date/Time: 22-01-2012 / 09:45AM Location: Prabal Machi (En-route Kalawantin) Habitat: Wild.
AY-er-va -- Latinized form of the Arabic name for this plant ... Dave's Botanary san-gwin-oh-LEN-tuh -- full of blood ... Dave's Botanary commonly known as: climbing wool-plant • Gujarati: ગોરખગાંજો gorakhganjo • Hindi: नुरिया nuriya, सफेद फुलीया sufed phulia • Kannada: ನೆಲ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು nela hindi soppu • Nepali: अईतिनबोट aitinbot • Telugu: పెద్ద పిండికూర pedda pindi-kura, పురిటితీగె puriti-tige Native of: s China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia References: Flowers of India • Flora of Pakistan • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT at Amboli on 27 DEC 11
Perennial herb up to 2 m tall, simple or branched; branches and leaves mostly alternate, rarely opposite; leaves oblong to lanceolate, 2-8 cm long; flowers creamish-white or pink in compact simple or panicled spikes, latter sessile or pedunculate; bracts, bracteoles and tepals lanate or puberulous outside; outer tepals mucronate 2-2.5 mm long, inner shorter, acute, pseudostaminodes triangular; utricle ovate. Photographed from Morni and Dakpathar
Yes ... Excellent photographs.
Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume , Fam : Amaranthaceae, undershrub wild from eastern Ghats of Andhrapradesh This is another ornamental herb, recorded yesterday (22.11.14). Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume? Please check for Alternanthera Species. Thank you very much ..., before submitting I searched for Alternanthera but couldn't find any match. Moreover this herb has both, alternate and opposite leaves, thought could be some Aerva, but again couldn't find any match. However, this small herb is not rare here, many houses in villages plant this species around their boundary. Alternanthera - species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) This is not Alternanthera -
Thank you tradescantia has both alternate and paired leaves on the same stem... but the flower buds do not seem familiar to me at all.I am off to a sick relative (one of many who have been taking up my time last year or two) My question is - where is the "full of blood" in our Aerva sanguinolenta database? ami ki aerva's kotha bollum? I dont think so I still favor looking into the wandering jew family or near about in the family branch I have doubt if it comes from Tradescantia family. Usually the family features leaves with parallel nerves. I fail to understand why you are opposing (?) Aerva. If i do not make much mistake I think this herb comes from amaranthaceae. And since leaves are both alternate and opposite it is likely to be Aerva. If we accept that it can be an Aerva, let us check the probability of A. s. - What we have in eFI is A. scandens Roxb., which is Indian equivalent to A. sanguinolenta L. In the following books A. s. is synonymous with Verbena rubra - .. meaning something "red" should be found in the plant A. sanguinolenta, as can be seen in - http://taibif.org.tw/flower/detail.php?sc=Aerva+sanguinolenta (hope the site is authentic, since it comes from http://taibif.org.tw/flower/index.php?locale=en). Linnaean collection can be found at -
I am very surprised at what commelinaceae features you have found in this herb. yes, ... i though the flower spike sort of/ vaguely reminded me of amaranth group but did not know which so if it was not wandering jew group... it has to be amaranth group this makes sense still have to eat dinner... 2am time for breakfast.. but i'll look in amtoo late right now After receiving your earlier mail I was very confused and did search Tradescantia family. But I noted that all leaves are parallel nerved. Moreover, inflorescence are subtended by spathe like bracts. So, I skipped the family and concentrated on the amaranth group. Pl. try Alternanthera brasilianaMay be you are correct, but following points go against Alternanthera -
Thank you Illecebrum sanguinolentum L. is a prostrate plant, with alternate downy sessile spikes. The spikes of Alternanthera brasiliana is white and globose. Attached here entry by Haines in his BoBO. I think it is a cultivar of Aerva sangunolenta L. Attachments (1) great then that should be the final diagnosis, ... nobody is as thorough as you Attached here a new set of photos. In pic1 you can see 1) two stigmas, 2) central green vitta along the midrib of inner tepal. 2. In pic2 you can see stamens connected with alternate staminodes (like that of Miss University crown!). Again in pic3 you can see green vitta. If I had a SLR the pictures would have been more clear with bigger macro. This is Aerva sanguinolenta L.
hats off to your tenacity, ...
please id ... Aerva lanata ?? Aerva lanata.. Though image is not clear, it appears more closer to images at Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume Me too think the same, First three are Aerva lanata but sure about last one. Thanks a lot ... I thought the last photo is also of the same plant since it was growing there only but now I noticed that Aerva lanata has alternate leaves while the last photo in my mail has opposite leaves so maybe I mixed up. I am attaching another photo of the plant with the opp. leaves. Appears closer to images at Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
Aerva lanata from Morni Yes ... Aerva lanata To me appears close to images at Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
Date: February, 2011 Habit: Herb, upto 50cms high. It may be some Aerva species. This looks like Aerva lanata. I feel Aerva javanica Perhaps Aerva sanguinolenta To me appears close to images at Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
Requesting to please provide ID of this small shrub captured in the Kangra fort near Dharamshala, HP in October 2014. To me appears close to images at Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
Aerva sanguinolenta Climbing Wool-Plant Hamirpur (H.P.) Jan 2018
Aerva sanguinolenta :: Prabalmachi, near Panvel :: 30 NOV 19 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 3 images. Prabalmachi between Matheran and Panvel Date: November 30, 2019 ... Altitude: about 390 m (1,280 ft) asl Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume yes. an amaranthaceae and as the name suggests the red varieties are also prevalent. apparently important in herbal medicine for bronchitis etc and ethnic uses are multiple and in recent years studied for possible Hepatoprotective effects and is included in the Janakai Ammal herbarium depository This I saw and recorded in Feb near Lonawala. I was informed on facebook, it has red variant too and is used as ornamental. References: |
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