• Family : ASTERACEAE
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
• Synonym(s) : Homognaphalium pulvinatum (Delile) Fayed & Zareh
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Gnomophalium pulvinatum (Delile) Greuter
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Roadsides and wastelands
• Comments / notes : Occasional in moist areas, in ghats and on plains
• Flower, Fruit : December-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Krishna district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, China, Egypt, Sinai
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Pullaiah, T. & Karuppusamy, S., 2008. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 3; 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=Gnaphalium pulvinatum. Downloaded on 30 April 2024.

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