• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Basionym : Poloa wightiana DC.
• Synonym(s) : Callistephus wightianus DC.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Pulicaria wightiana C.B.Clarke
• Vernacular name : Sonaphuli (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub and plains
• Comments / notes : Occasional in plains and ghats
• Flower, Fruit : July-February
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 23/09/2009
• Collection Nos : FAP 36915
• Collection Locality : Rachakuntapalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Guntur district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Central and Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pulicaria wightiana. Downloaded on 30 April 2024.

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