Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch., 6 1867. (Syn: Artemisia minima L.; Artemisia orbicularis (Lour.) Roxb.; Artemisia stemutatoria Roxb.; Artemisia sternutatoria Roxb.; Centipeda minima var. lanuginosa (DC.) Domin; Centipeda minima var. minima ; Centipeda minima subsp. minima ; Centipeda minuta (Less.) C.B.Clarke; Centipeda minuta (G.Forst.) Benth.; Centipeda orbicularis Lour. [Illegitimate]; Centipeda orbicularis var. lanuginosa (DC.) F.M.Bailey; Centipeda orbicularis var. minuta (G.Forst.) F.M.Bailey; Centipeda orbicularis var. orbicularis ; Cotula minuta G.Forst.; Myriogyne minuta (G.Forst.) Less.; Myriogyne minuta var. minuta );
Prostrate glabrous herbs; stems slender. Leaves alternate, 1-1.5 x 0.8 cm, obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, dentate. Heads 3 x 2 mm, axillary, sessile, hemispherical; bracts 2-seriate, 1-mm long, lanceolate, hairy. Flowers 2-types. Female flowers in outer few rows; corolla minute, tubular, shortly 4-toothed, yellow. Bisexual flowers inner, few; corolla campanulate, 0.6 mm long, 4-lobed, yellow; stamens 4, anthers entire at base. Achenes 1 mm long, obovate, 4-angled, ciliate, brown; pappus absent. Flowering and fruiting: February-March Paddy fields and along river banks Indo-Malesia (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) The species is distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia (China, Afghanistan, Japan; Taiwan, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Lao PDR, Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, and Singapore), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia), New Zealand, and the Pacific islands, including Samoa, New Caledonia, and Fiji. In China, the species is known from southern and central provinces (Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang, and Sichuan), and from Taiwan, Province of China (Sharma et al. 1984, Henry et al. 1987, Verm et al. 1993, Almeida 1996, Cook 1996, Pullaiah and Ali 1997, Mathew 1999, eFlora 2011). It is an annual plant, seen in a wide range of habitats, including growing in wet places, marshy banks, sometimes found submerged in shallow water and rice fields. It can inhabit waste grounds and roadsides. The plant grows almost all types of soil, in any habitat. It is used in medicine in treating a variety of respiratory conditions. It is used for colds and acute and chronic allergies.
Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid Heads: Herb for id from Shimla- NS 32 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 2 authors. This small herb was shot from Shimla area.. id help requested... It is Centipeda elatinoides syn. C. minuta. Sneezing weed It is Centipeda minuta.
Again Centipeda elatinoides (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex O.Hoffm. from Assam, KD Feb-1 : Attachments (6). 3 posts by 2 authors. I hope attached images are Centipeda elatinoides (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex O.Hoffm. My earlier upload. Both the species collected from different places of same district. I think it is similar to the specimen of ... But it is not similar to the Sphaeranthus indicus L. So please validate Date :03.02.2014 Location: Assam Family : Asteraceae Genus & species : Centipeda elatinoides (Less.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex O.Hoffm Habitat: Grows wild on waste places Habit : Prostrate herb
Fwd: [efloraofindia:226722] identification IM2- 1.7.15 : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1) ID that plant plzz, Lahore Pakistan Check for Grangea maderaspatana (Madras Carpet) Asteraceae no, i also have a seedling photo of the same plant.. its leaves are changed and some how thick You are right, last nite when i saw this I had thought that this is not madras carpet leaves of this case are different succulent almost with daisy like flowerPlease check if Epaltes australis Less. can be found in that region. Perhaps I was wrong, it rather looks like Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch. Agreeing with ..., this is likey to be Centipeda minima .....
Unknwon herb from Assam : 8 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (6) Attached images are unknown herb. Please ID the plant. Date :17.12.2013 Location: Kamrup district, Assam Family : ?? Genus & species : ?? Habitat: Grows wild near the ditches. Habit : Herb To me this is Centipeda minima from Asteraceae... is it not spheranthus indicus of asteraceae... Plz check Sphaeranthus indicus Centipeda elatinoides (syn. Centipeda minima) as per another thread. It is surely Centipeda elatinoides syn. C. minuta, commonly known as sneezing weed. It is known as Naak Chhikru (means which induces sneezing in nose) in Himachal. From earlier thread of 2013
Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch. (provisionally accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (10) Location: Kathmandu, Nepal Altitude: 4500 ft.Date: 3 Date : 23 October 2016 Nepali name: छिऊँके झार Chhiuke Jhaar / हाच्छिउँ झार Hachhiu Jhaar / नाक छिकानी Naak Chhikaani Superb images, ...
ID request of herb..from Shahdara forest, lahore, Pakistan. Thankyou : 3 posts by 2 authors. 1 image. I think Centipeda minima.. References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 GCC IPNI Catalogue of Life GRIN BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Biodiversity Portal IUCN Red List (LC) PFAF Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah (2007- details) Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha (2004-details) Useful Tropical Plants |
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