Blumea fistulosa (Roxb.) Kurz, 187 1877. (syn: Blumea amethystina Hance; Blumea glomerata Wall. ex DC.; Blumea holosericea Dalz. & Gibs. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea leptoclada DC. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea nodiflora Hook. fil.; Blumea purpurea Buch.-Ham. ex DC. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea racemosa Wall. ex DC.; Conyza fasciculata Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Conyza fistulosa Roxb.; Conyza glomerata Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Conyza holosericea Wall.; Conyza purpurea Buch.-Ham.; Conyza racemosa Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Conyza sericea Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Conyza stachyoides Spreng. ex DC.; Placus gariepinus Kuntze; Placus glomeratus (Wall. ex DC.) Kuntze; Placus nodiflorus (Hook. fil.) Kuntze); . China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Magway, Taninthayi), Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, India (widespread, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Darjeeling), Nepal, Bhutan, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao), Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Herbs, ca. 0.3-1.2 m tall, annual, pubescent or velutinous; stems erect, slender, striate. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; lamina 3-15 x 0.5-5 cm, elliptic-obovate, oblong-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, narrowly long attenuate at base, acute at apex, margin bidentate, surface villous-pilose above, white or brown villous beneath; upper leaves sessile, obovate-oblong, almost entire. Heads ca. 1-1.8 cm across, in axillary and terminal clusters; involucral bracts purple, lanceolate, acuminate, densely villous outside; florets purple. Achenes narrow-oblong, 8-10-ribbed, pilose; pappus white. Grasslands, sparse forests; 300-1900 m. Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam (Attributions- French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal) .  Request for identification oh this herb: 1 very high res. image. Date:- 20th may, 2023 Place:- Tripura Habit : Herb https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/10/blumea/ ! Any other images? If so, pl. post. May be some other genus as does not match with images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/10/blumea/ https://www.gbif.org/tools/08ff4ce6 Yes, it appears close to images of Blumea fistulosa as per your links and as per POWO. .
Blumea fistulosa (Roxb.) Kurz (accepted name) Blumea glomerata Wall. ex DC. (synonym) ?? : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7) Location: Soureni, Mirik, India Date: 21 April 2017 Altitude: 4400 ft. Does not matches with illustration or specimen at Keys are available at http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=6333&type=3 I think close to Blumea hieraciifolia as per images, details and references herein. The flower-heads of Blumea hieraciifolia are virtually stalkless, as can be seen from the FOC illustration. However, … plant has flower-heads distinctly stalked. The flower-heads of Blumea hieraciifolia are virtually stalkless, as can be seen from the FOC illustration. However, … plant has flower-heads distinctly stalked. Capitula is not sessile and clustered here, as mentioned by Randeria (1960), but Pornpongrungruen (2016) mentioned that its inflorescence is peduncled and peduncles are about 0 – 0.5 mm long. So it is a very good guess; it could be Blumea fistulosa, but then I am not sure about it now. We need to see the specimen for confirmation.
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Blumea fistulosa
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