Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
MH274 : Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Gnaphalium floccosum DC.;
Gnaphalium gracillimum Perr. ex DC.;
Gnaphalium multicaule Willd.;
Gnaphalium niliacum Raddi ex Spreng.;
Gnaphalium schomburgkii Sch.Bip.;
Gnaphalium strictum Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | many stem cudweed, Kopahi-bon |
| Plant Family | : | Asteraceae / Compositae |
| Description | : | Herbs up to 30 cm tall. Densely white pilose. Heads in terminal leafy clusters. Achenes papillose. Erect woolly herbs, 20-30 cm high; stems terete. Leaves 5-7 x 1 cm, oblanceolate to spathulate, obtuse, narrow to the base, entire. Heads 3-5 x 2 mm, in axillary congested spikes; bracts 2-3-seriate, 3 x 1 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, hyaline. Bisexual flowers 2, central; corolla 2 mm long; lobes glandular. Female flowers very many; corolla 2 mm long, narrow. Achenes 2-3-angled, glandular between angles; pappus many, setaceous, equal to corolla. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chandore |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/259827
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200023995
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Many_Stemmed%20Cudweed.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 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 | : Gnaphalium |
| Species | : Gnaphalium polycaulon Pers. |