Kesavathini / Lark Daisy
Centratherum punctatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- August-January
How to identify Kesavathini
Identify Kesavathini 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: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kesavathini.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Centratherum punctatum
- Genus
- Centratherum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Mizoram, Assam, Odisha, Tripura, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Goa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kesavathini itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kesavathini itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- கேஸவதீநீ Kesavathini
- Marathi
- केसवर्धिनी
About Kesavathini
A member of the Asteraceae family, Lark Daisy (Centratherum punctatum) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 19 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Kesavathini belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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