Anaphalis subdecurrens

Anaphalis subdecurrens (DC.) Gamble, 695 1921. (syn: Anaphalis elliptica (DC.) DC.; Anaphalis oblonga DC.; Anaphalis oblonga var. elliptica (DC.) Hook.f.; Anaphalis oblonga var. oblonga ; Gnaphalium ellipticum DC.; Gnaphalium indicum Thwaites; Gnaphalium oblongum Thwaites; Gnaphalium subdecurrens DC.);

Common name: Indian Pearly Everlasting, Indian Cudweed
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Erect herbs; stems densely covered with smoky wool. Leaves 3-6 x 0.6-1 cm, oblanceolate, acute, 1-veined, sessile. Heads 3 x 6 mm, sessile, collected in terminal congested cymes; bracts 3 mm long, elliptic, entire, acute with solid lower portion; outer ones wooly. Female flowers many; corolla yellow, slender, glabrous. Bisexual flowers 4-6, central; corolla broader. Achenes brown, papillose; pappus 2 mm long, white.

Flowering and fruiting: July-March

Grasslands

India and Sri Lanka

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)
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Nilgiris: Anaphalis (Compositae) for identification:

Please help me to identify this Asteraceae herb found in the grasslands of upper Nilgiris. The Plant height is about a feet and the leaves (5 cm long) are sessile.

Date: 21 Oct 2012

Place: Mukruthi NP, Nilgiris, TN
Alt.: 2360 m asl

Check out for Anaphalis aristata or A. subdecurrens.

this plant is Anaphalis subdecurrens (DC.) Gamble. Thanks …

Asteraceae Fortnight Part I-Radiate heads: Anaphalis for identification from Nilgiris – MK 01 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.

Please help me in identifying this species. Our … pointed out that this could be Anaphalis aristata or A.subdecurrens. This post is actually for resurfacing at Asteraceae week. Height of this plant didn’t exceeded 15cm.

Date: 21 Oct 2012

Place: Mukruthi NP, Nilgiris, TN
Alt.: 2360 m asl

This herb is Anaphalis subdecurrens (DC.) Gamble