Gobariya / Sigesbeckia
Sigesbeckia orientalis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Gobariya
Identify Gobariya 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 shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gobariya.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sigesbeckia orientalis
- Genus
- Sigesbeckia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On hills above 900m in wastelands, also in dry and moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Old & New World tropics
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves may be triangular-shaped, lance-shaped to broadly lance-shaped, and up to 2–17 cm (0.79–6.69 in) long, 1–7 cm (0.39–2.76 in) wide, petiole up to 2 cm (0.79 in) long, und” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The upper and lower surface of the leaf blade is sparsely hairy, the margin has pointed to rounded teeth, larger teeth nearer the base, gradually narrowing, base wedge-shaped, and ” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gobariya 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 Gobariya itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गोबरिया Gobariya
- Nepali
- दुधे झार Dudhe Jhaar, गोब्रे झार Gobre Jhaar, नौनिं पत्र Nauni Patra
- Tamil
- கதம்பம் Katampam
- Telugu
- కతమ్పం Katampam, రెక్కల రావి Rekkala ravi
- Kannada
- ಅಂಟು ಹೂವಿನ ಗಿಡ Antu Huvina Gida
- Malayalam
- കടംപൂ Katampoo, കടംപൂ
- Marathi
- कटंपू Katampu
About Gobariya
Sigesbeckia (Sigesbeckia orientalis) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and 7 other states. It grows in on hills above 900m in wastelands, also in dry and moist deciduous forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Gobariya belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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