Helichrysum buddleioides DC. (Syn: Gnaphalium buddleioides Sch.Bip.; Gnaphalium cynoglossoides Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f.; Gnaphalium hookerianum Sch.Bip.; Helichrysum buddleioides var. buddleioides ) ?;
Malayalam Panjipoovu Subshrubs, 50-70 cm high, densely cottony wooly. Leaves 5-10 x 1.5-2 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at apex, narrowed and amplexicaule at base, sparsely cottony above, 5-7-ribbed. Heads 4 x 4 mm, globose, densely packed; bracts 3-4-seriate, 3.5 x 1 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, yellow or hyaline, glabrous. Bisexual flowers 10-15; corolla 2 mm long, glabrous, yellow. Female flowers many; corolla 3 mm long. Achenes 3-angled, scabrid. Flowering and fruiting: November-March Shola forests India and Sri Lanka Anaphalis sp. seen at Mullayangiri, Karnataka (Approx. Altitude: 6000 ft) Family: Asteraceae Date/Time: 25-01-2014 / 12:40PM Habitat: Wild Is this a subscandant shrub, having height not more than 1 metre? This Asteraceae looks like Helichrysum buddleioides. Yes ..., this was small Shrub having height less than 1 m. Thanks for the lead... References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 JSTOR Global Plants (Specimen) India Biodiversity Portal Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2007) |
# Species- Seed plants (families) > A---L (families & genera) > Ar > Asteraceae (Compositae) > Asteroideae > Gnaphalieae > Helichrysum >