Cherei / Golden Everlasting
Xerochrysum bracteatum
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
How to identify Cherei
Identify Cherei by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Head.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cherei.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Xerochrysum bracteatum
- Genus
- Xerochrysum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are lanceolate, elliptic, or oblanceolate in shape and measure 1.5 to 10 cm (0.59 to 3.94 in) long and from 0.5 to 2 cm (0.20 to 0.79 in) wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“viscosum may be distinguished by its rough and sticky leaves.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cherei itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“macranthum in Western Australia by the flower head colour;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cherei itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯆꯦꯔꯩ Cherei
About Cherei
Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum) is a species in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.
Uses
Locally it is stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Cherei belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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