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Pluchea tomentosa DC., 1834, in Wight (syn: Eupatorium mysorense Heyne ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Pluchea tomentosa var. tomentosa);
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India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala), Pakistan, Madagascar, Comores, Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq) as per Catalogue of Life;
. PLOO-sha — named for Abbé Noel-Antoine Pluche, French naturalist … Dave’s Botanary oh-VAY-liss — oval … Dave’s Botanary toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: woolly camphor-weed • Sanskrit: कलम्बिका kalambika, सिंहलतिक्त sinhalatikta • Tamil: கொழும்பு kolumpu, கொழும்புவேர் kolumpu-ver • Telugu: kalamba . Distribution: West Africa, Arabian peninsula, Pakistan, India . Key for Indian species available at efi page Pulchea.
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Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads:: Pluchea tomentosa SMP16: Attachments (2). 2 posts by 2 authors.
This planted was posted earlier by me and IDed as Pluchea tomentosa. Now known as P. ovalis Thanks, …
If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
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Asteraceae Week (Part II – Discoid heads) :: Pluchea tomentosa?? at Kolhapur :: PKA10: :: : 2 posts by 2 authors.
I think Pluchea tomentosa??. Pl. validate. Yes now known as P. ovalis Thanks, …, If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
Pl. also see Pluchea
Asteraceae Week (Part II – Discoid heads) :: Pluchea ovalis at Karnala Bird Sanctuary :: 30 MAY 09 :: DV21 : 4 images. 19 posts by 7 authors. Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC.
PLOO-sha — named for Abbé Noel-Antoine Pluche, French naturalist … Dave’s Botanary
oh-VAY-liss — oval … Dave’s Botanary toh-men-TOH-suh — covered with fine, matted hairs … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: woolly camphor-weed • Sanskrit: कलम्बिका kalambika, सिंहलतिक्त sinhalatikta • Tamil: கொழும்பு kolumpu, கொழும்புவேர் kolumpu-ver • Telugu: kalamba Distribution: West Africa, Arabian peninsula, Pakistan, India References: Flowers of India • eFlora • ENVIS – FRLHT • Floristic Survey of Institute of Science at Karnala Bird Sanctuary between 30 MAY 09 and 14 JAN 11 …, this seems P. lanceolata looking at entire and lanceolate leaves. P. ovalis should have obovate and serrate leaves. Besides the latter is a tall densely branched shrub 1-2 m tall. Pls check. Many thanks … for validating the ID.
This plant is also found in Thane and Mumbai – near mangroves.
The plant in this post grows about 2 m tall gregariously on large stream bed at Karnala Bird Sanctuary. The leaf in this post is oval or elliptic (acute at both ends) as well as tomentose – just as the epithets (ovalis or tomentosa) would suggest.
On a close look, the margin is not truly entire; it is bluntly serrate or dentate (not sure exactly what it should be termed). But if the description says P. ovalis must be obovate, then this plant ID may need to reconsidered. This ID of P. ovalis (syn. P. tomentosa) was confirmed by … in one of my earlier post. Would like to have … comment Thanks for sharing …, I am uploading in a separate mail the plant I consider to be Pluchea lanceolata, with entire margins.. hope that helps to resolve… I think P. ovalis. Besides leaf shape in second photograph, the dentate leaf margin, the crucial difference is auricled leaf base, which can be seen. Many thanks … for validating this ID. …, looking forward for upload of your Pluchea ovalis; also eager to find upload of Pluchea lanceolata during this fortnight.
Dear …, I have been calling the attached plant with 5-8 cm long, auricled and coarsely dentate leaves as P. ovalis. Pls ID this plant that is strongly aromatic. Thanks … for this upload. Perhaps we may have clear picture at the end of this episode. As per T. Cooke flora outer involucral bracts
1. ovate, acute is P. tomentosa (ovalis)
2. oblong, obtuse is P. lanceolata
You can see these features in Dr. Rawat’s post of P. lanceolata and my post of P. ovalis
Hope this resolves ID of 2 Plucheas. Recent Pluchea lanceolata posts by … … and I forgot to stress on this point: the plant stands about 1.5 – 2 m tall, often in gregarious colonies. to me it’s Pluchea ovalis Thank you very much … for ascertaining the ID. Yes surely. Very good that you could capture the fresh flowers which is not the case every time. Thanks … for validating the ID. Requesting all to comment on outer involucral bracts (rather than leaves) which is a key character to split P. ovalis and P. lanceolata. Request also to correctly ID plant posted by me Other than the photos shown in the first post, … showing two cropped versions to see the leaves closer. I saw the plants at Karnala today. I am posting a pictures of leaves. Leaf at left is the Karnala plant and leaf at right is Pune plant; they are easily distinguishable. Wonderful, … with this comparative illustration, it would help those familiar with Pluchea to comment. Hi, …, If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
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Pluchea ovalis for validation.: Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. Appears Pluchea ovalis to me Thanks, … If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
   Shrub for Identification : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3).
Please help me with the identification of this shrub. These photos were taken at Theur, Maharashtra. It could be Pluchea ovalis. Yes Pluchea ovalis Hi, …, If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
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Pluchea For ID : Nasik : 01FEB15 : AK-1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Pluchea ovalis Thanks for your prompt reply with the id.
I suppose it was earlier known as Pluchea tomentosa. Hi, …, If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links:
Thanks a lot … I have gone through the links. In FOI, … pictures, also taken in Maharashtra, are of P. ovalis, and P. tomentosa is a Syn. No, … P. tomentosa is there in India & P. ovalis is not there in India. Both are different species. Thanks for the clarification. So I take my plant as P. tomentosa. In Oman, we have Pluchea arabica and Pluchea dioscoridis.
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   Charkop, Mumbai :: Asteraceae for ID :: ARK2019-57 : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Requesting to please ID this Asteraceae member. This was found on a wasteland near the Charkop mangroves in Mumbai in April 2019.
Maybe a Pluchea species Thank you … Can this be Pluchea indica then?
All pics in efi are from marshy lands. This was also found in marshy land around the mangroves. From what I can see of the leaves more likely Pluchea ovalis
Thanks, …,
There has been taxonomic confusion regarding this species.
As per efi thread: While trying to identify species of Pluchea in India we must be looking at least at seven names. The two species earlier considered distinct with winged stem due to decurrent leaf bases (P. ovalis) or without winged stems but distinctly auricled leaf bases (P. tomentosa) have now been merged into one P. ovalis.
Flora of Pakistan gives Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. syn. Pluchea tomentosa DC.
If we follow Global Compositae Checklist, then in India we have only Pluchea tomentosa & no Pluchea ovalis as per the following links: Now recent database, Catalogue of Life gives distribution of Pluchea tomentosa Wall. ex DC. India (widespread, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala), Pakistan, Madagascar, Comores, Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia, S-Iraq), while it gives distribution of Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. as Morocco, Saudi Arabia (Asir), Bahrain, Oman, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ?Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, Togo, Benin, Chad, Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Namibia, Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Ilha Brava), Canary Isl. (Tenerife), Pakistan (Jhelum, Salt Range), India (NW-India)
All this shows that our species reported from Maharashtra and south India should be Pluchea tomentosa only as per images, details and references herein.
Thanks … for the correct name Pluchea tomentosa.
 efloraofindia:”For Id 17012013MR1’’ shrub at Pune: Can be a Blumea sp. It may be Pluchea species of Asteraceae
Yes it is Pluchea species for sure. probably P. tomentosa Leaf indicates to P. tomentosa. .
ID request 051218SG : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) . Plant for Id -ID09022021SH2: 3 images. Plant for Id pl.
Location – Taljai Hills, Pune Date – January 2021 Vernonia sp. ? Thanks … Now I will check the fresh flowers when they bloom.
id please : Mixed thread: Attachments (1).
pl help id this plant. Was growing on drying moist place, in pure patch. Leaves look like Verbenaceae, but there was no smell/ scent. I have this pic only. I think Pluchea species Dipterocanthus sp. Sir, I had the specimens with flowers and I am 100 % sure for Dipterocanthus sp. Ruellia humilis More likely to be Pluchea tomentosa DC. as per images and details herein. . Lonavala, MH :: Asteraceae member for ID :: ARK2021-041: 3 images. Pluchea sp. Pluchea wallichiana… To me appear close to images and details at Pluchea tomentosa DC. as per comparative images at Pluchea.
Looks different from images at Pluchea wallichiana DC. . Pluchea tomentosa DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Jan 14, 2011 · 2:54 PM IST: 9 images. . Pluchea tomentosa DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Apr 2, 2010 · 12:19 PM IST: 3 images. Pluchea tomentosa DC. … synonym of Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. … POWO
Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Apr 2, 2010 · 12:19 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl / References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver. 1.1 Flora of Pakistan (Pluchea ovalis (Pers.) DC. syn. Pluchea tomentosa DC.) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India ENVIS – FRLHT Floristic Survey of Institute of Science |
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