| Purple-Flower Leafhead |
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| Focal length | 6.0mm |
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| Camera model | Canon PowerShot S5 IS |
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Botanical name: Phyllocephalum microcephalum Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Lamprachaenium microcephalum, Decaneurum microcephalum
Synonyms: Lamprachaenium microcephalum, Decaneurum microcephalum
Purple-Flower Leafhead is an erect, branched annual
herb. Flowers are borne in round heads, 6-8 mm in diameter, carried on
slender flower-cluster-stalks. Involucre bracts are pointed, fringed
with hairs, erect or recurved. The bracts are in many series, highly
overlapping, the outer gradually shorter, sometimes herbaceous-pointed.
The receptacle is flat, bare. Flowers are purple, equal, regular, tube
thin, limb narrowly 5-lobed. Anthers are arrow-shaped at the base,
obtuse with ears. Branches are slender, hairless. Stem is 1-2 ft tall,
simple or branched from the base, hairless to hairy or glandular.
Leaves are stalked, 5-10 cm long, elliptic, with toothed margins, hairy
above, white velvety beneath. Purple-Flower Leafhead is found in
Peninsular India. Flowering: October-December.
Medicinal uses:
The plant is used medicinally
as an aromatic bitter. It smells of chamomile.
Medicinal uses:
The plant is used medicinally
as an aromatic bitter. It smells of chamomile. | Identification credit: Radha Veach | Photographed at Harishchandragad, Maharashtra. |
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