Duhaldea eupatorioides (Wall. ex DC.) A. A. Anderberg, Pl. Syst. Evol. 176: 104 (1991) (syn: Amphirhapis heterotricha DC.; Aster zayuensis Y.L.Chen; Conyza eupatorioides Wall.; Conyza heterotricha Wall.; Helenium eupatoriodes (DC.) Kuntze; Inula eupatorioides DC.; Solidago heterotricha Wall.);
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Himalaya to SE. Tibet and Indo-China: Assam, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya as per POWO;
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India (Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Jammu), Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan (Dir, Salt Range), SE-Tibet, Laos, Myanmar [Burma], Vietnam as per CoL;
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Common name: Boneset-Leaf Inula
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Woolly shrubs, up to 3 m tall, stout; branches pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; lamina ca. 3.5-25 x 1.2-7.5 cm, lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, acute or rounded at base, acuminate at apex, margins irregularly dentate, scaberulous above, pubescent beneath. Heads up to ca. 0.8 cm across, numerous in terminal or upper axillary corymbs; involucral bracts multiseriate, subulate, tomentose; florets bright yellow. Achenes narrowly oblong, adpressed silky-pubescent; pappus straw yellow or reddish with brown tinge, plumose.
Flowering & Fruiting: October-February.
Grassy areas
(Attributions- French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Asteraceae from Maipur TQ-mu01 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) A robust looking herb with Yellow flowers
Location: Shirui hill, Ukhrul, Manipur. Altitude: 1500-2500
Looks like from Aster family
Please identify
Senecio wightii looks somewhat similar, but still doubtful http://plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=939075 ?? Please compare with the link! Thank you … for the links. There is a broad similarity, but the plant doesn’t quite agree with Senecio wightii.
Yes …! The second link differs however first matches to some extent. Pl. also check Any match : Re: [efloraofindia:154844] ?? |
I think close to Senecio wightii only as per GBIF (from India)– specimen– and Plant illustrations and FoC illustration
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References: POWO Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 GCC GBIF (High resolution specimens) Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flowers of India Pan India Bouquets India Biodiversity Portal
The genus Duhaldea (Asteraceae) in India – Shweta Shekhar, Arne Alfred Anderberg & Arun Pandey June 2020 Rheedea 30(2):257-269 (Abstract- Based on the field and herbarium data, six species of the genus Duhaldea (sensu stricto) are recognized in India. A key to the Indian species, brief descriptions and illustrations are provided along with data on phenology, distribution, ecology, chromosome numbers and ethnobotanical uses)
