✿Asteraceae · Conyza
Bat Dawana / Erect Horseweed
Conyza stricta
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Conyza stricta
- Genus
- Conyza
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Africa, Asia, Himalayas, China
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Africa, W.Asia, Himalayas, China
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Goa, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Mizoram, Manipur, Ladakh, Nagaland, Haryana, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Tripura, Chandigarh
- 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 Bat Dawana itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bat Dawana itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Bettada davana
- Marathi
- बट दवणा Bat dawana
- Hindi
- ऐस्टरेसिए
- Tamil
- சூரியகாந்திக் குடும்பம்
- Telugu
- ఆస్టరేసి
- Malayalam
- ആസ്റ്റ്രേസീ
- Urdu
- تارا پھول
About Bat Dawana
Erect Horseweed (Conyza stricta) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 30 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Bat Dawana belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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