Asteraceae for id 070610MK2

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

Please help to id this aromatic Compositae member found on roadside. 

Date/Time-	28-04-2010 / 05:00 PM
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-	Ooty town; Nilgiris; 1200 msl
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Typ	garden and roadside
Plant Habit-	under shrub
Height/Length-	ca.1 m
Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-	6 x 4cm; ovate
Inflorescence Type/ Size-	heads
Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-	white
Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds-
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.-	Aromatic [sweet fragrance when bruised]

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Care Earth Trust
Chennai - 61
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[Dinesh Valke]

... most probably Chromolaena odorata, the common floss flower, Siam weed, triffid weed ... native of tropical America.
Regards.

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Dinesh ji and Muthu ji

Chromolaena odorata.

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[tanay bose]

Chromolaena odorata for sure !!!
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[Gurcharan Singh]

Some months back I had uploaded photographs that were identified by members on this group as Chromolaena odorata. To me these look different and may belong to C. frustrata. Kindly comment

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066334

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[R. Vijayasankar]

Muthu's pictures are of Eupatorium glandulosum, i suppose. This is a higher altitude plant, frequently confused with Chromolaena odorata which is a very common obnoxious weed in the plains and lower altitudes.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[Gurcharan Singh]

Vijayasankar ji

And your observations on my plant?

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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[R. Vijayasankar]

Dear Gurcharan ji,

 

Initially i thought (even now!) your plant as a form of Chromolaena odorata. I am not familier with the name C. frustrata. Description in the FNA doesn't match fully with the pictures.

 

A key from Flora of North America (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=106935) reads as:

 

# Leaf blades mostly 1.5-4 cm; involucres 5.5–7.5(–8) mm -------------------------> Chromolaena frustrata (Cape Sable Thoroughwort)

# Leaf blades Leaf blades mostly (3.5–)5–10 cm; involucres (7–)8–10 mm ---> Chromolaena odorata (Jack in the bush)

 

Pl have a look at the picture of C. frustrata available in flickr http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/3376021467_7a2f4e4096.jpg

 

The shape and size of leaves of C. odorata seem to be variable. Let's hear from other members too.

 

With regards

R. Vijayasankar

[Muthu Karthick]

Dear all,

The plant I posted is not found on lower altitudes unlike Chromolaena odorata. Flowers and heads resemble Chromolaena odorata; but the plant is different.

More possibilities for this to be Eupatorium glandulosum Michx. of Asteraceae, as suggested by Viayasankarji.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Muthu's pictures are of Eupatorium glandulosum, i suppose. This is a higher altitude plant, frequently confused with Chromolaena odorata which is a very common obnoxious weed in the plains and lower altitudes.

With regards

R. Vijayasankar”

 

“The plant I posted is not found on lower altitudes unlike Chromolaena odorata. Flowers and heads resemble Chromolaena odorata; but the plant is different.
More possibilities for this to be Eupatorium glandulosum Michx. of Asteraceae, as suggested by Viayasankarji.”

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