Kanghi / Spot-Me Flowers
Blainvillea acmella
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Blainvillea acmella
- Genus
- Blainvillea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Waysides, waste places, Deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Gujarat, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kanghi 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 Kanghi itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kanghi
About Kanghi
Spot-me Flowers (Blainvillea acmella) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 16 other states. It grows in waysides, waste places, Deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Kanghi belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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