Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH110 : Conyza stricta Willd.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 250

Synonym : Baccharis trifurcata Trevir.; Blumea trisulca DC.; Chrysocoma aurea DC.; Conyza absinthifolia DC.; Conyza chrysocoma (DC.) Vatke; Conyza macrorrhiza Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. .; Conyza micrantha Spreng. ex DC.; Conyza montana DC.; Conyza pinnatifida Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Conyza spathulifolia Maxim. ex Regel; Conyza stricta var. pinnatifida (D.Don) Kitam.; Conyza triloba Decne.; Conyza trisulca Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Conyza vatkeana Oliv. & Hiern; Erigeron incisus Sieber ex DC.; Erigeron macrorrhizus (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Sch.Bip.; Erigeron macrorrhizus (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.; Erigeron pinnatifidus D.Don [Illegitimate]; Erigeron schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf.; Erigeron trilobus (Decne.) Boiss. .; Erigeron trisulcus D.Don; Eschenbachia stricta (Willd.) Raizada; Marsea stricta (Willd.) Hiern; Nidorella chrysocoma DC.; Nidorella triloba (Decne.) DC.;

Plant Common Name : erect horseweed, bat dawana, Bettada davana

Plant Family : Asteraceae / Compositae

Description : Erect Horseweed is an upright annual herb, up to 1.1 m tall. Stems are simple or branched near the base, covered with long white hairs. Stalkless, narrow leaves get smaller towards the top. Inflorescences are branched, up to 35 cm long. Flower-heads are 3mm, pale ellow, numerous, on short, densely hairy pedicels. Flowering: September-October.

Plant Location in Melghat : Occasional in Chikhaldara and Semadoh ranges among grasses in comparatively open situations

Medicinal Use / Activity :

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: farnesylic acid

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0031942290852266

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 : Conyza Less. - horseweed
Species : Conyza stricta

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