Khurasan / Nettle Leaved Wedelia
Wedelia urticifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Khurasan
Identify Khurasan 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: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Khurasan.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Wedelia urticifolia
- Genus
- Wedelia
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Shola forests and grasslands above 1000m
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Khurasan 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 Khurasan itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- ভৃংগৰাজ Bhringaraj
- Bodo
- भिंगराज Bhingaraj
- Garo
- Sok-So
- Kannada
- ಭ್ರಂಗರಾಜ Bhringaraaja, ಗರ್ಗರಿ Gargari, ಕೇಶರಾಜ Kesharaaja
- Konkani
- आंबली Ambli
- Marathi
- खुरासन Khurasan
- Odia
- ପାର୍ବତୀଜୀରା Parbatijeera
- Rabha
- ভিংগৰাজ Bhingaraj
- Santali
- ᱢᱟᱹᱥᱩᱲᱰᱟᱝ Masurdan
- Tamil
- மஞ்சள் கரிசலை Manjal Karisalai
About Khurasan
A member of the Asteraceae family, Nettle Leaved Wedelia (Wedelia urticifolia) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. It grows in shola forests and grasslands above 1000m. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Khurasan belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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