Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC., Prodr. 5 434 1836. (Syn: Baccharis cochinchinensis Spreng.; Blumea arenaria var. honigbergeri (Rech.f.) Parsa: Blumea chamissoniana DC.; Blumea cunninghamii DC.; Blumea diplotricha Domin; Blumea honigbergeri Rech.f.; Blumea leschenaultiana DC.; Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.; Blumea neilgherriensis Hook. f.; Blumea parvifolia DC.; Blumea phyllostachya DC.; Blumea solidagoides (Poir.) DC.; Blumea trichophora DC. [Illegitimate]; Blumea wightiana Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Conyza axillaris Lam.; Conyza bifoliolata Wall. [Illegitimate]; Conyza lacera var. bifoliolata Wall. ex Miq.; Conyza bifoliolata DC.; Conyza lactucifolia Wall.; Conyza paniculata [Illegitimate]; Conyza wightiana Wall. [Illegitimate]; Erigeron glomeratus Spreng. ex DC. [Illegitimate]; Erigeron molle D.Don; Gnaphalium solidaginoides Poir.; Placus mollis (D. Don) Kuntze; Placus neilgherensis (Hook. fil.) Kuntze; Placus tomentosus Lour.);
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Herbs, 30-70 cm high; stems strigose. Leaves to 5 x 3 cm, obovate, obtuse, glandular serrate, covered with simple and glandular hairs, nearly sessile. Heads 5 x 6 mm, in axillary and terminal thyrsiform clusters; peduncle strigose; bracts 5 mm long, linear, hairy; outer smaller. Bisexual flowers around 10, central; corolla 3 mm long, glandular. Female flowers many; corolla slender. Achenes ellipsoid, ribbed, hairy; pappus 3 mm long.

Flowering and fruiting: January-November
Degraded deciduous forests and grasslands
Indo-Malesia to Australia and Africa
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Please help to identify this Asteraceae member. The location is on the the bank of river at eastern most part of Nilgiris district in TN.
The leaves are aromatic and hairy semi-succulent

Date/Time-

10-02-2011 / 12:30 PM

Location- Place, Altitude, GP

river bank in Nilgiris RF; TN. c 350 msl

Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-

Plant Habit-

pubescent herb

Height/Length-

c. 30 cm

Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-

c. 15 X 8 cm

Inflorescence Type/ Size-

panicles up to 10cm long;

Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-

pink head; c 0.5cm across


Seems to be Blumea sp.


I think it represents Blumea lacera


It is Blumea sp


In view of the comments by … by providing the key for Id of Blumea species, … may decide by observing the prominent characters


Reply from Another thread:

Please take a relook to the post.
  • “Similar to B. lacera but easily distinguished by the small heads, purplish flowers…..” (F. B.I.)
  • “Heads numerous, pappus white, heads more or less clustered….. corolla purplish… leaves obovate, irregularly toothed or serrate….” (Bengal Plants)
I think the above post is of Blumea wightiana DC.

The links of the pages i copied from –

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Hooghly : Blumea or Blumea like : white : 14 images. 3 posts by 1 author.

Two of my Blumea species have been identified as B. lacera DC and B. laciniata DC.
Sometimes, i myself suggested the ID(s).
But, after finding two or three more Blumea or Blumea like plants, i am getting very confused.
Points to be noted are :-
This plant in this thread is –
  • two ft. wild herb; in rural roadside area; not very common
  • leaves are somewhat velvety (silky-villous?)
  • central florets are white; except in one plant which bears faintly purplish florets

All pictures are recorded at the same place, on different dates during this month.


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Attaching more photographs (3 images) of this plant, recorded today. It is to be noted that the heads bearing the achenes are smaller than those of Vernonia cinerea and the achenes are very slim and small.


Received ID – Blumea mollis



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Asteraceae herb for identification :: 110414MK :: April004 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6).
Please help me in identification of this
Asteraceae herb in a fallow land.

Height: 1.5 feet
Place: Pondicherry suburb
Date: 05 April 2014

It is Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC, (= B. wightiana DC, B. mollis (D.Don) Merr.), Asteraceae



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Amboli Ghat :: Blumea for VALIDATION / ID :: DVFEB04/04 : 6 posts by 3 authors. 9 images.
Amboli Ghat Maharashtra

Date: 23 DEC 2014 … Altitude: from 400 m to 700 m asl
This aster plant must be most possibly a species of Blumea; hopefully the pictures will help to ID.
Standing about 60 – 80 cm, the herb was seen growing along the ghat road at various places.
The flower-head measured about 4 – 5 mm across, and as can be seen in the pics, the entire plant was hairy.
¿ Blumea ? (family: Asteraceae)

It is Blumea axillaris syn. Blumea mollis


Beautiful photographs …, as always.



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Rajgad, Dec 2014 :: Requesting ID – Small pink flowers :: ARKFEB-06/06 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments(5)
Please ID this plant captured at Rajgad near Pune in Dec 2014.


Blumea again possibly wightiana


This plant also resembles the plant posted by … here which was identified by … as B. mollis.
Is B. wightiana same as B.mollis? In the efi database, both of these are synonyms of B. axillaris.


You are right,



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The plant is very common on hill slopes, road sides and along banks of Tikkar Tal Lake in Morni hills, Haryana, alt 700-1200 m. The plant up to 50 cm tall, has numerous side branches, densely covered with long villous hairs; leaves oblanceolate, up to 6 cm long, up to 1 cm broad with crenate margns; heads several in clusters, on elongated axis later on, about 6-8 mm across, greenish-yellow in colour.


I think its Blumea mollis


If this is Blumea mollis, then the other plant I uploaded as 17042011GS1 onploaded on 18-4-2011 should be something else


Blumea mollis, I think has much larger ovate-oblong leaves 5-12 cm long and up to 6 cm broad, where as this plant has not longer than 4 cm leaves; also here leaves are sessile, whereas they are petiolate in B. mollis. More so florests are tinged purple in mollis, not here.


I have collected lot of specimens of B. mollis for essential oil extraction and the major difference I found in B. mollis that whole plant is aromatic while the other closely allied species B. lacera only the heads are aromatic. One other thing in the photograph the heads definitely are not in full bloom and ofcourse not yellow (by seeing the photograph) to me they appear slightly white with tinge of purple so I will go with B. mollis


The leaves of B. mollis look much different from my plant

I have confirmed it from Botanical Survey of India (Dehradun) herbarium and all the specimen lying there were similar to the photos attached by you and the plants i have collected.


Perhaps we should wait in light of link of FOI and my other link sent earlier for B. mollis,


Finally convinced as Blumea, my other plant is Conyza japonica.


Yes Blumea mollis


 


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Asteraceae Fortnight Part 2-Discoid heads- 09062013GS1 Blumea sp? from Morni for ID-GS39 :  Attachments (3). 5 posts by 2 authors.
This herb with small heads, perhaps a species of Blumea photographed from Morni, Haryana. Please help in ID.

Blumea mollis


Thanks again … Now my another Blumea has to be resolved.


 


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Please identify this herb – NS181212 1: 8 images.
Photographed on my property at Shahapur last Sunday. Is this a species of Blumea ?


may be Blumea neilgherrensis


Blumea neilgherrensis Hook. f. is a syn. of Blumea solidaginoides (Poir.) DC., as per efi e-group link ¿ Lamprachaenium microcephalum ?


 


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Id-23022012-PR-1, : Attachments (7).  4 posts by 2 authors.

Plants from North Gujarat
Habitat-Wild near cultivated field or also in forest
Height-30 cm
Asteraceae
flower purple white


Blumea. Species I am not sure


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per ID-02022013 PR-3:

 


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Id-270212-PR-2: Plants from North Gujarat
Asteraceae sp
Habitat-wild
Habit-Herb
Flower purplish
Road side and in cultivated field


This has already been listed as Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. !


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ID-02022013 PR-3: 7 images.
Plants from gujarat
asteraceae


Closer to Blumea sinuata!


Please check with Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. of Asteraceae.
earlier name: Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.

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ID-03062012-PR-1:  Plants from gujarat
Habitat wild
Habit Herb
family asteraceae
Height 50 cm app.


IT is Blumea genus. Species need to be seen.


May be Blumea laciniata


I think close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.  as per images, details and references herein.



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ID of the plant. : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1)
Please ID the plant.


Looks like some member of AsteraceaeBlumea could be one of the candidates.

Yes Asteraceae.
Could be Blumea or Pluchea. Just a guess


Thanks … I will check up.

Pl. check at Blumea

Pl. check Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.


 

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Identification request : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
I have collected this plant long back, but I have lost close up images and notes in a clean up drive, hence unable to provide full details, if any one can identify it please help me

At first glimpse, makes me think of Blumea axillaris … but I may be far from the ID 🙂


Thanks, … I also think closer to images at Blumea axillaris

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SK368 06FEB-2017:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)- 1 MB each.

Location: Dhulikhel, Nepal
Altitude: 5500 ft.
Date: 6 February  2017

Blumea?


Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr.  ???
Did not see any other match.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=104121


Thanks, …, for the id.
I think appears close to images at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. (syn. Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.)


 

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SK787 10 OCT-2017:ID : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5)
Location :  Tatopani, Pokhara, Nepal
Date : 12 April  2017
Elavation : 5000 ft.
Blumea …???


To me appears close to images at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.

Pl. check for its synonyms.


Not any synonyms matching according to the Plant List !

Reference of Nepal Checklist is available at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. efi page at the bottom. Pl. see. 


Thank you … Syn: Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.


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Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ?? : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) – 1 Mb each.

Location: Taudaha, Nepal
Altitude: 4500 ft.
Date: 15 December 2017
Syn: Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr.

Yes, to me also appear close to images at Blumea axillaris


 


Location: Chautara , Nepal
Altitude: 4700 ft.
Date: 31 March 2013

Blumea dregeanoides Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich. (provisionally accepted name)  ??
Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr. (synonym)

Conyza sp??


Pl. check with images at Blumea belangeriana DC.


yes it is Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.


 


Images by Alka Khare, Id suggestion by Gurumurthi Hegde (Inserted by J.M.Garg)

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Requesting ID of this plant – Sagar Upvan – December 2013 :: 08012014 :: ARK-10 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).
Requesting to please ID this plant captured in Sagar Upvan, Mumbai in December 2013.

Please check with Blumea malcolmii (Clarke) Hook.f.


I think close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.  as per images, details and references herein.



There are lot of variations in Blumea species with lot changes with the aging of the plants.
These are also reflected by a number of species which were initially named as new species but later on combined with this one.
Pl. see all these variations at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
These variations are also reflected in GBIF (High resolution specimens)

Thank you … for the correct ID



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Wild Plant For ID : Bangalore : 25JAN17 : AK-2 : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Another wild plant seen on 7th Jan,17.
Kindly help in id.


Thanks, …   Blumea species?


Blumea came to my mind too.


Pl. check comparative images at Blumea & Inuleae


Could this plant be Blumea mollis?
Just a guess.

Could be as per images at Blumea axillaris (syn: Blumea mollis)


This was my earlier post from the same area.


Yes, it’s Blumea Ma’am, check with B. axillaris,


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17-04-2010 /08:25 AM- CBD Belapur Hill (Navi Mumbai); Asteraceae for ID??18042010-PKA1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups


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MS/2017/Jan/ 01 – Identification of a plant : 11 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)
I have received photographs of a plant (weed) by some person (X) to known the name of the plant. However, the photographs are not at all clear. Please help identify the plant.


… some Asteraceae herb. Not able to guess genus.


It is Blumea species


Pl. check with images at Blumea oxyodonta DC.


It is not Blumea oxydonta, its leaves have spiny margin infl. yelow
but it is Blumea only


I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.

Impossible to identify it correctly with this type of images



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Weed for id from Hyderabad 12032014CS 1 : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors.
can you help me identify this weed of compositae family
Habit: herb/weed
Habitat: rice field bunds
Place: Hyderabad

Blumea sp.


Appears close to images at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.



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Andipatti hills 130313 TBN 1 ? Asteraceae for id : Please identify this plant details of which are as follows:
Date : 17.06.12
Location :Malattar dam, Andipatti hills; N 10* 02.487; E 77* 46.234
Altitude :1050 ft
Habitat :wild thorny scrub
Habit :herb abt one foot
Height :
Leaves :as depicted
Flowers :as seen
Fruits :,? thistle
Local name :do not know

This was identified by … as Vernonia cinerea


I think this represents Blumea sp., perhaps B. lacera. It will not be Vernonia cinerea.


Blumea species


I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.


Yes it is



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Id-160212-PD-3: Id-160212-PD-3
Location- Gujarat
Habitat- wild
Plant Habit- herb
Height/Length- 50 cm

Some blumea species?


I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.


Kindly help Id this wild herb growing at the base of a coconut tree at Pune
Date/Time- Dec 2011
Height/Length- 15 cms very soft hariy plant
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- 3.5 cms by 2 cms extremely soft like felt cloth
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- green sepals prominent
2-3 mm flower heads white on sides but light purple top
exerted purple anthers and shining stamens which last just for a day
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- not yet developed

Today I checked if the plant is aromatic. The whole plant including flower heads are aromatic smells like pudina. Also leaves have a petiole. Can it be Blumea mollis?


Attaching picture of the flower as it looks today 14 days after my initial post. Is this what is called pappus?


Yes, Blumea mollis, to me too.


Many thanks for confirming the Id of this plant



Sharing pixs of young plant of Blumea mollis Id courtsey …
Posted earlier on our group for Id at



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The cottony structure took almost 15 days to appear and I never saw a fully open flower
Date/Time- Sep ,Oct 2011
Location-Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Wild
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb
Height/Length- about 4-5 cms
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-green
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- light purple buds
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- ?cottony fruit

It may be a Blumea species, not sure though.


Many thanks … for a possible Id.
I have searched a lot on the net for the Id but found nothing.
I have come across a similar plant and I am posting it for Id in a different thread. This time I could get a better view of the flower . The fruit has not yet developed.


It looks like (a young plant of) Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.


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Pictures taken Sep & Oct 2011
Wild herb
Posted on our group earlier for Id.
Some earlier relevant feedback: (efloraofindia:”28102011MR3’’ wild plant with light purple buds ?cottony fruit Pune: )
… “It may be a Blumea species, not sure though.
For confirmation of id please.


It looks like (a young plant of) Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein. 


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May be Ageratum – ID-12062013-PR-1 : Attachments (11).  2 posts by 1 author.
ID-12062013-PR-1
Plants from gujarat
Asteraceae family
May be Ageratum another sp

It is not ageratum. It is a species of Blumea.


I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.


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This is the same plant and same set of photographs as in my earlier pending post – efi thread (Hooghly : Blumea or Blumea like : yellow). About a month ago i tried to retrieve data from the net. But, Blumea is a big headache to me. Bengal Plants has 13 species, sure some are not supposed to be found in our area. F. B. I. lists 36 species + var. + a few doubtful.
According to the Bengal Plants Blumea hieracifolia DC. is in Chittagong (in Bangladesh now, i think). It is a robust or slender, simple herb, with often scape like stems – http://plantillustrations.org/on=80 (who in our group has this plant?).
But, Flora of British India; vol.3; p363; gives more varieties. One illustration – http://plantillustrations.org/118377&id_publication=612.
Any possibility of this plant in this thread, or earlier?

efi page on Blumea with keys of South India species 

Blumea hieracifolia DC should not be found in our area.

But, it is the same place (a railway stn,) where i found Claoxylon mercurialis Thwaites (which should be confined in Behar of then Bengal province).
B. hieracifolia is as variable species as many other Blumea, it can be branched too – http://www.iiim.res.in/blumea_hieraciifolia.jpg (source – http://www.iiim.res.in/herbarium/asteraceae/images/).
Yet, it doesn’t confirm the ID.

I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.



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Blumea sp.(?) from Kamrup district : Attachments (4).  3 posts by 2 authors.
Attaching images of what looks like Blumea sp. (?). Please ID the plant.

Date :.15.02.2013

Location: Kamrup district

Family : Asteraceae

Genus & species : Blumea sp. (?).

Habitat: Grows wild on bank of the Brahamaputra river

Habit : Herb

Flower : Purple

Fruits : Not seen


I think appears close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.



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Herb for id Feb RV2 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4).
this herb was seen yesterday (23.2.14) in a fallow field near Karjat. There was a single group amongst lots of Blumea plants. Height, about 1 –  1.5ft. Leaves whitish hairy, margins spinous tipped.
I’m not able to identify it. The closest I can get is Dichrocephala sp. but I’m not sure.
Please give your valuable suggestions.

Dichrocephala species so far in efi. 


This is likely to be a species of Blumea


thank you for the suggestion. I initially thought the same and went through all the Blumea species for the area but I couldn’t manage to match it with anything!
Are you able to find out which Blumea it could be?


Blumea – some species in India & eFI with some keys


May be Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.
These look like floral galls due to infestation.
Pl. see earlier discussions in this matter at Asteraceae for ID??18042010-PKA1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups

 


Blumea hieracifolia images in Flickr : 8 posts by 2 authors.
Your Blumea hieracifolia images in Flickr as below, seems to be of Blumea oxyodonta and not of Blumea hieracifolia (as per images, details and references at these links):
Pl. correct.

May I request you to pl. correct your images on Flickr.

Garg Ji how do you say it is Blumea oxydonta; B.oxydonta has spiny leaf margin, it doesn’t have any such, because I physically verified; its achenes are ribbed when observed under lense, all the anthers are fertile; (oxydonta has some anthers) hence by looking at the appearance of some plants it is difficult to judge correctly;


Thanks, … Sorry, I goofed up.
I think these are close Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per images, details and references herein.

No sorry among us, identification of some plants are very intriguing, some are highly variable, then we must go for the decisive characters; some needs lens help without that we may go wrong. even there are differences between floras; your efforts are highly appreciable; but identifying without observing actual specimens some times is a challenge, that’s why many taxonomists ask for specimens. Hence so many revisions, so many synonyms etc., I learnt a lot after joining the group. you are a guide like person. never use the word sorry, I have also gone wrong several times. thank you for the care and attention

Thanks, … What are your views about Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ?

What are your views about your flickr postings being Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ?

Thanks …, I will again observe the specimen and come back to you



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130819 EPT6 : 17 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (2)

Presenting for ID please
Location : Chennai outskirts
Date :13/08/19
Elevation : 23 mts.
Habitat :Urban garden
Habit : Weed

Blumea sp.

I think close to Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per comparative images at Blumea 


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MS/2/2020/5 ID of the plant : 4 posts by 3 authors. 5 images.
Please ID the plant sent by a friend from Chennai.
Date/Time-  Feb 2020
Location-Place, Bangalore . Chennai
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild  : Wild
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb : Herb
Leaves : Radical
Height/Length- 1 ft
Flowers : Not yet
Looks like Brassicaceae member ?

It is Blumea axillaris, young plant; very common here


While thanking you & … for the ID I am posting other 2 pictures showing flowers (received from Chennai) which confirms the ID.
3 images



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Id Plz : Attachments (1).  3 posts by 2 authors.
Can anyone id this Asteraceae plant plz
Pic taken at Sindhudurg MH on Feb 2013

Blumea axillaris DC. ??


Yes, appears close to images at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. as per comparative images at Blumea


I agree with you



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This one was also shot from same area, a tall plant with heads on long, erect peduncles.. leaves regularly serrate, hairy..
id help required..

Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ??


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Wild Plant for ID : Bangalore : 05SEP20 : AK-05 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
A small wild plant seen today (5.9.20)
With tiny buds.

Asteraceae


Very close to Blumea axillaris,


Thanks … After you suggested Blumea, I recollect to have posted a similar plant from the area.
That could be the same too.


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Wild plant ID request – RK13 – 14-Oct-2012: 4 images.
I often saw this wild plant growing by the roadside near Karjat region. Some of the leaves were twice and thrice as big than the one held in the last photo.


Could be the leaves of Elephantopus scaber. 


Please check with Blumea species


Thanks a lot … for your response. I don’t have any more photos of this plant and it was not flowering, hopefully somebody would be able to throw more light.


This does not look like Elephantopus scaber to me; my photographs of which are available at this link
It is definitely a species of Blumea possibly Blumea eriantha a strongly aromatic herb fairly common around Bombay and at Karjat. Sending a few of my photographs taken at Shahapur.


Thank you so much … I’ll surely remember to check for the fragrance next time. Thanks also for sharing the lovely pics.


I happened to come across this plant again … this time I crushed a leaf and it emitted a strong smell somewhat like Ajwain. Is it the odour you were referring to?


Have no idea what Ajwain is. Maybe someone else could take this call. To me it smells like the ? herb they put in the middle of a Mc Donalds burger.


Ajwain is a very common spice known as bishop’s weed, caraway or carom seeds acc. to wikipedia. I have no idea about the contents of the burger ;-(


… to me too, looks species of Blumea.


… images appears to be of Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. 


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ??


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Weed for Id 10092012CS01:
This herb is common after the rains in 
Hyderabad and is called by locals here as pichi pugaakku. (wild tobacco). I found no aroma as such. I have not seen any blooms on this so far.


This is also common in Chennai


Do they call it tobacco too


No …, it is a pubescent, soft leaf; they don’t call it any Tobacco.
Location: Kancheepuram district, TN


A wild guess: Any Blumea sp.?


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ??


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Plant for ID : Nasik : 14JAN21 : AK-06
A wild plant seen in Nasik this week (14.1.21).


Blumea axillaris


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Need id of untidy aster flower: 3 images.
Bhopal; black soil
24/12/2021


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.


Yes, …


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Wild Plant for ID : Asteraceae : Mumbai : 31DEC21 : AK – 31: 2 images.
A wild plant seen last week (31.12.21).

Unfortunately, all my other clicks went out of focus.
Have tried to crop the only one.

Blumea mollis


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Blumea mollis from Hemavatti Reservoir Hassan-GS07022022-1: 7 very high res. images.
Blumea mollis photographed from Hemavatti Reservoir Hassan, 25-9-2015.


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SK 3631 04 September 2022: 1 very high res. images.

Location: Katkuwa, Surkhet,  Nepal
Altitude:  1000m.
Date:  02 April 2022
Habit : Wild 
Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC. ??

To me appears close to images at Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.


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Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Sep 21, 2008 · JUN23 DV117: 1 image.
Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Sep 21, 2008 · 1:39 PM IST :: about 3 m (10 ft) asl


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110224EPT: 4 high res. images.
Presenting for ID
Taken on 03/02/2024
Location: Chennai outskirts
Elevation: 37mts
Garden weed


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. !


Yes … it’s Blumea axillaris


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Plant ID: 3 high res. images.

Need help with this plant ID.
Bhopal
07/02/2024


Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ??


Do you have any images showing the complete plant?
Appears close as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/2012/11/27/blumea-axillaris/



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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver. 1.1  GCC  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China (Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr. as syn.) Annonated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (Blumea wightiana DC. as syn. of Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr.- accepted name- no mention of Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.)  India Biodiversity Portal  Flora of Karnataka (Blumea neilgherrensis Hook. f.) iNaturalist  Wikimedia Commons  Kerala Plants  tsammalex  FPCN

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