Blumea hieraciifolia

Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC., “Wight, Contr. Bot. India 15. 1834” 15 1834. (syn: Baccharis auriculata Wall. ex DC.; Blumea cernua DC.; Blumea chinensis Walp. (ambiguous synonym); Blumea crinita Steetz (ambiguous synonym); Blumea hieracifolia var. holosericea Benth.; Blumea spinellosa DC.; Conyza communis Wall.; Conyza natans Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. fil.; Conyza necessaria Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Conyza nutans Wall.; Conyza nutans Wall. ex DC.; Placus sericans Kuntze);

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl. (Yaeyama Isl.), Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing), Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao), Java, Sri Lanka, Palau Isl. (Babeldaob), India (widespread, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Darjeeling), Nepal, Bangladesh, ?New Guinea as per Catalogue of Life;

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Keys- oxyodonta, eriantha, randerii, bifoliata, fistulosa, laciniata, hieracifolia, lacera, mollis (=axillaris), membranacea & virens & description)

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Validation required……………………….:
Validation required for the variety of Blumea hieracifolia (D. Don) DC. from Himachal. Kindly guide me over this. I am confused between var. hieracifolia and var. hamiltoni (DC.) C.B. Clarke.

I think it should be var. hieraciolia only.
var. hamiltonii I think has only one or two very distant cauline leaves and heads in more condensed fascicles:

http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/ny00162694

http://eol.org/pages/27712284/overview
http://showyourplant.com/Blumea_hieracifolia/

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Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. ??? : 7 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)

Location: Suryabinayak, Nepal

Date: 7 January 2018

Elevation: 4600 ft.

Syn: Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr. ???

Looks different. Pl. check other species at
/species/a—l/ar/asteraceae/asteroideae/inuleae/blumea

Blumea hieracifolia Hayata ???

Pl. check with images of Blumea hieracifolia at

http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Blumea_hieracifolia&rank=binomial

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/7/6202.htm

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/49/39560.htm

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/19/15631.htm
I am not sure.

Pl. check with images at Blumea lacera

Looks like matching with http://picssr.com/tags/blumealacera and Link but I could not validate !

I think it is close to Blumea oxyodonta as per images, details and references herein.
Looks different from images at Blumea lacera

On further scrutiny, I think it appears more closer to Blumea malcolmii rather than Blumea oxyodonta as per images, details and references in these links.

On further scrutiny, I will like to go with Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC. only, as per images, details and references herein.

SK58AUG1-2016:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Gamochaeta pensylvanica ??
Enclosing some pictures for identification shot on 30 July 2016 at the Phedi Nagarkot Bhaktapur at 5500 ft.

I think it does not match with images at Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC.
Open Museum

References:

Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Taiwan The Plant List Ver. 1.1 GCC IPNI India Biodiversity Portal (Blumea hieracifolia (D.Don) DC. var. flexuosa (Clarke) Randeria) phytoimages plantjdx

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/7/6202.htm

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/49/39560.htm

http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/19/15631.htm

Updated on March 20, 2026

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