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Chaetoseris cyanea
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Chaetoseris cyanea (D. Don) C. Shih, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 29: 404. 1991.
Sonchus cyaneus D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 164. 1825.
Lactuca hastata DC., Prodr. 7: 139. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 407. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 731 (514). 1921; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 39. 1998.
Cicerbita cyanea (D. Don) P. Beauv., Bull. Soc. Bot. Geneve ser. 2, 2: 132. 1910; Hajra in Hajra et al., Fl. India 12: 268. 1995.
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Description:
Herbs, perennial; stems 1-3.5 m tall, erect, unbranched or sparingly paniculately branched. Leaves very variable, usually pinnatifid or pinnate to runcinate-pinnatifid, hastate, deltoid or ovate; petiole winged and slightly dilated at base, simple or auricled. Heads subcampanulate, 1.5-2.3 x 0.6-1.2 cm; peduncle nodding, slender. Outer involucral bracts many seriate, oblong-ovate, 6-8 x 2-2.5 mm inner linear-oblong; 12-17 x 1-2 mm. Ligules blue, purple, violet or creamy white. Achenes dark brown or blackish brown, obovate or elliptic, compressed, 8-10 mm long including slender beak, irregularly ribbed, smooth. Pappus dirty white, 5-10 mm long, simple, deciduous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Nepal, China and Tibet
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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