Ash Fleabane
Vernonia cinerea
Also known as Ash colored fleabane, Purple fleabane
About Ash Fleabane
Cyanthillium cinereum (also known as little ironweed and poovamkurunnal or poovamkurunnila in Malayalam, and monara kudumbiya in Sinhalese) is a species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. The species is native to tropical Africa and to tropical Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Indonesia, etc.) and has become naturalized in Australia, Mesoamerica, tropical South America, the West Indies, and the US State of Florida. Cyanthillium cinereum is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It produces flat-topped arrays of numerous flower heads, each with pinkish or purplish disc florets but no ray florets. The species can be confused with Emilia sonchifolia, but the flower bracts of the latter are much longer and vase-shaped.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vernonia cinerea
- Genus
- Vernonia
- Family
- ASTERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Foothills of deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Ash Fleabane belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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