Landga / Bristly Starbur
Acanthospermum hispidum
Also known as Horn Spine
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-July
How to identify Landga
Identify Landga by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Landga.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acanthospermum hispidum
- Genus
- Acanthospermum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Tropics of the World
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Landga itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Landga itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- Palleru
- Kannada
- kadle mullu, ಕಡಲೆ ಮುಳ್ಳು
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുഞെരിഞ്ഞിൽ
- Marathi
- Landga, लांडगा
About Landga
A member of the Asteraceae family, Bristly Starbur (Acanthospermum hispidum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 8 other states. It grows in wastelands. Flowering and fruiting run from January to July.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Landga belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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