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Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore, J. Bot. 50 211 1912. (Synonyms: Crassocephalum crepidioides var. lutea Steen.; Crassocephalum crepidioides f. luteum (Steen.) Belcher; Crassocephalum diversifolium Hiern [Illegitimate]; Gynura crepidioides Benth.; Gynura crepidioides var. lutea [Invalid]; Gynura diversifolia Sch.Bip. ex Asch.; Gynura microcephala Vatke; Gynura polycephala Benth.; Senecio crepidioides (Benth.); Senecio diversifolius A.Rich. [Illegitimate]);
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Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar as per POWO;
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South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Central African Republic, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Benin, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Senegal, Angola, Madagascar, Australia (I) (Queensland (I), New South Wales (I)), Java (I), Laos (I), Fiji (I), peninsular Malaysia (I), Christmas Isl. (Austr. (I)), Norfolk Isl. (I), China (I) (Jiangxi (I), Fujian (I), Hunan (I), Hubei (I), Guangdong (I), Guangxi (I), Guizhou (I), Yunnan (I), Sichuan (I)), Tibet (I), Japan (I), Korea (I), Thailand (I), Micronesia (I) (Pohnpei (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Babeldaob (I), Urukthapel (I), Angaur (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Tonga (I) (Late Isl. (I)), Niue (I), Rotuma Isl. (I), Mauritius (I), Turkey (I) (NE-Anatolia (I)), Yemen (I) (W-Yemen (I)), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Costa Rica (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I) (Kachin (I), Mandalay (I), Magway (I)), India (I) (widespread), Sri Lanka (I), Bhutan (I), Darjeeling (I), Nepal (I), Philippines (I), Vietnam (I), Singapore (I), Bangladesh (I) as per CoL;
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Thickhead, Fireweed, Redflower ragleaf, Tera paibi (Manipuri);
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Flora of Manipur: Crassocephalum crepidioides – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 1 image. Gynura Bicolor
Asteraceae
Date/Time- 22 Mar 2009 Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Chandagal Village, Mysore district
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild, Village
Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb-Herb
Height/Length-approx – ~ around 1 meter
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- Not clear in my photograph
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts =2cm=wasp-size, red-orange Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-Attracts difft. wasp species
Date/Time : 21st of October, 2008/ 9.52 am.
Location Place : Tea garden, Munnar … Altitude : … GPS : Habitat : Wild … Type : Plant Habit : Herb … Height : small plant Found these growing wild in a tea garden at Munnar. Thickhead (Crassocephalum crepidioides) I will support … whole heartedly this plant is indeed Crassocephalum crepidioides have tried to smell the flower-heads? just pick a young one, slightly crush and smell.
Wild Flower for ID – 23-12-2010 – RK: 3 images.
Request Botanical & Common ID of this Wild Flower-
Date/Time – Over the past one week/evening-around 5pm Location – Bangalore – building compound Habitat – Wild Plant Habit – Tall shrub Ht – 21/2 ‘ Flower size – 1cm Pl also check it for Crassocephalum crepidioides. Yes .. may be right. One can see a dark tipped smaller bracts at the base of larger inner whorl of involucre bracts. Crassocephalum crepidioides a better choice. looks like Gynura bicolor (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. This is C.crepidioides syn Gynura crepidioides. Please check this link: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Thickhead.html yes Crassocephalum crepidioides, an American weed, whereas Gynura bicolor is very distinct from this
Attached images are Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore.
Date :08/12/2012
Location: Kamrup district (Rural) Assam
Family : Asteraceae
Genus & species : Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore
Habitat: Grows wild
Habit : Herb
Inflorescence : Head red in colour
Fruits :Cypsela
Gori Valley Tour: Crassocephalum crepidiodes: This fast spreading weed was encountered almost everyday… Crassocephalum crepidiodes…. the upload by … indicated its very wide distribution range in Himalayas …shot from various locations in the area..
Wild Plant For ID : Uttarakhand : 190413 : AK-2 : Attachments (1). 7 posts by 4 authors. Please check, Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore: Asteraceae Yes, Crassocephalum crepidioides, a widely spreading weed.. Thanks for validation.
I recollect posting the same from Munnar earlier.
Common name Thickhead. Yes it is Crassocephalum crepidioides.
Asteraceae Week (Part I – Radiate heads) :: Gynura nitida?? or Crassocephalum crepidioides?? at Satara ::PKA81 : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 5 authors. …, for me this is Crassocephalum crepidioides.. a fast spreading weed.. My guess Gynura bicolor Yes it is Crassocephalum crepidioides.
ASTERACEAE Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Crassocephalum crepidioides from Uttarakhand_DSR_10 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors. Yes … Found a lot this time on Chopta trip. Very fast spreading indeed…
ASTERACEAE Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads: Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore from Kamrup district, Assam_KD_8 : Attachments (9). 2 posts by 2 authors. Attached images are Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore collected from Kamrup district, Assam.
Date :08.12.2012
Location: Kamrup district
Family : Asteraceae
Genus & species : Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore
Habitat: Grows wild on waste places
Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore fro Bhageshwar and Kathgodam-GS35 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author.
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore Common names: fireweed, thick head
Common along roadsides in Uttarakhand. Photographed fro Bhageshwar and Kathgodam.
Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid Heads: Crassocephalum crepidioides Gori Valley- NS 30 :Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Bangalore-Ooty November 2013 :: Requesting ID of this red Asteraceae at Lalbagh, Bangalore :: 30122013 :: ARK-40 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. I hope Crassocephalum crepidioides Thank you … for ID…
Asteraceae week Images of Crassocephalum crepidiodes from Dindori Nashik : 1 post by 1 author.
attaching images of Crassocephalum crepidiodes from Dindori Nashik
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore (provisionally accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Location: Champadevi , Nepal
Altitude: 5000 ft.
Date: 12 November 2016
Is this variegata ??? .
Request for identification-D1 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Kindly request you to identify with scientific name. This photo has been taken in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. Crassocephalum crepidioides
Asteraceae for ID :: Pipalkothi, Uttarakhand :: Aug 2018 :: ARKOCT-13 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Saw these at Pipalkothi, Uttarakhand in Aug 2018.
I think the leaves and the flowers do not belong to the same plant.
Requested to please ID.
Crassocephalum Species. Thanks … for the feedback. They resemble Crassocephalum crepidioides.
Asteraceae For ID : Kenya : 24AUG16 : AK-27 : 27/27 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen in the first week of July growing wild. Blumea Species?
Any possibility of Crassocephalum crepidioides ! Yes, appears possible as per images and details at Crassocephalum crepidioides
. Wild Plant for ID : Asteraceae : Bangalore : 23MAY20 : AK-11 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Seen last week growing wild. (23.5.20) Crassocephalum crepidioides?
Yes. . Id of Flower-ID03072020SH1 : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Flower for id pl
Location -Mandal, Uttarakhand
Date – November 2019
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore     scientific name of the herb please? : Attachments (4). 6 posts by 4 authors
could someone please identify the herb, pictures attached. Do the leaves in the last photograph belong to the same plant as shown flowering in other photographs? Possibly Gynura nitida. The plant is different but of the same species. The flower buds are just forming. I added this picture to let you have an idea of the leaves. Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore ! . Flower for ID -ID01102021SH2: 1 image. Flower for Id pl.
Location – Kaas Plateau, Maharashtra. Date – September 2021 Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore Yes … .
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore Yes, it is, …, thank you for ID my plant, . Crassocephalum crepidioides from Bangalore-GS22012022-6: 4 high res. images.
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