Showy Vernonia
Vernonia dalzelliana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka
How to identify Showy Vernonia
Identify Showy Vernonia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Showy Vernonia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia dalzelliana
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Showy Vernonia 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 Showy Vernonia itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Showy Vernonia
A member of the Asteraceae family, Showy Vernonia (Vernonia dalzelliana) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It is planted.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Showy Vernonia belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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