Cyanthillium cinereum | |
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In Kadavoor, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Cyanthillium |
Species: | C. cinereum
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Binomial name | |
Cyanthillium cinereum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia ( India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.) and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Cyanthillium cinereum is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It produces flat-topped arrays of numerous flower heads, each with pinkish or purplish disc florets but no ray florets. [8] The species can be confused with Emilia sonchifolia, but the flower bracts of the latter are much longer and vase-shaped.[ citation needed]
Cyanthillium cinereum has been used for smoking cessation in Thailand and other countries, and as relief for the common cold. [9]
It used to be called Vernonia cinerea, but apparently there was a taxonomic update, sometime prior to early 2014.
Media related to
Cyanthillium cinereum at Wikimedia Commons
Cyanthillium cinereum | |
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In Kadavoor, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Cyanthillium |
Species: | C. cinereum
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Binomial name | |
Cyanthillium cinereum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia ( India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.) and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Cyanthillium cinereum is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It produces flat-topped arrays of numerous flower heads, each with pinkish or purplish disc florets but no ray florets. [8] The species can be confused with Emilia sonchifolia, but the flower bracts of the latter are much longer and vase-shaped.[ citation needed]
Cyanthillium cinereum has been used for smoking cessation in Thailand and other countries, and as relief for the common cold. [9]
It used to be called Vernonia cinerea, but apparently there was a taxonomic update, sometime prior to early 2014.
Media related to
Cyanthillium cinereum at Wikimedia Commons