Vernonia gossypina
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- March-September
How to identify Vernonia gossypina
Identify Vernonia gossypina 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 season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Vernonia gossypina.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia gossypina
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Shola forests and grasslands
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-September
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vernonia gossypina 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 Vernonia gossypina itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Vernonia gossypina
Vernonia gossypina is a shrub in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in shola forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from March to September.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Vernonia gossypina belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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