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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Sphaeranthus indicus L.
FAMILY
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
GENUS
Sphaeranthus L.
SPECIES
indicus L. Sp. pl. 2:1314. 1753
Plant Description
A much branched herb. stem and branches cylindric with toothed wings, glandular hairy. Leaves sessile, decurrent, obovate-oblong, spinous-serrate or dentate, narrowed at the base, rounded or sub-acute at apex. heads globose-ovoid, ebracteate on solitary, glandular peduncles, with toothed wings. Flowers purple. involucral bracts linear, pubescent, ciliate. achenes stalked, glabrous. A common plant in rice-fields and in wastelands after monsoon crop harvest.
Flowering & Fruiting Period: November-June
*Description source: Flora of Savantwadi