| Dicotyledon | Literature for Pluchea indica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Asteraceae -- The Sunflower Family | Bibliography |
| Pluchea indica | |
Common name(s): marsh fleabane, Indian fleabane, Indian pluchea |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to southern Asia, widely introduced in the tropics, usually in saline places.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Midway, Laysan, Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Erect shrubs 10-15(-20) dm tall, sparsely puberulent or tomentose, especially on younger parts. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves obovate, 2.5-4(-5) cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide, margins coarsely dentate, entire toward base, petioles 0-0.5 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Heads in hemispherical panicles; involucre cylindrical to campanulate when dry, inner bracts glabrous and shiny on outer face, margins sometimes ciliate; disk corollas pink or purplish pink; pappus a ring of 15-16 bristles. |
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| Fruit |
Achenes ca. 1 mm long, glabrous or with a few white hairs near apex. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 20, 30 |
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