Pulicaria wightiana
Pulicaria wightiana
Pulicaria wightiana
Pulicaria wightiana
MH128 : Pulicaria wightiana (DC.) C.B.Clarke
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 268 |
| Synonym | : | Aster hydrabadensis Wall.;
Callistephus heyneanus DC.;
Callistephus wightianus DC.;
Erigeron wightianus Wall. [Invalid]); |
| Plant Common Name | : | Sontikli, Sonela, |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Sontikli is an annual herb, growing up to 1-2 ft high. Stems are erect, pinkish, branched at the top. Branches are anglled, rising, leafy and velvety. Alternately arranged stalkless leaves are oblong, 3-8 cm long, toothed, velvety. Leaves are smaller towards the top. Flower-heads are yellow, 2-4 cm across, arising singly on leafy stalks, 10-20 cm long, at the end of branches. The stalks are hollow, enlarged upwards. Ray florets are 1.5-2 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, 3-toothed at the tip. Flowering: August-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In open grasslands on Chikhaldara, Vairat Plateaux and Dhargad & kelpani |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Not Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sontikli.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Asterales |
| Family | : Asteraceae / Compositae - Aster family |
| Genus | : Pulicaria Gaerth - false fleabane |
| Species | : Pulicaria wightiana |