Blumea hieraciifolia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Blumea

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, erect, 50-120 cm tall, with a fibrous rootstock. Stems terete, usually unbranched or sometimes branched from base, densely silky-villous to lanate particularly on younger shoots. Leaves elliptic, 12-14 × 4-5 cm, densely sericeous to lanate abaxially, silky-villous adaxially, base attenuate into petiole, margin minutely denticulate to nearly doubly denticulate, apex obtuse or acute; veins 5 or 6 pairs. Capitula 9-11 × 5-6 mm, in crowded axillary and terminal clusters, forming dense interrupted spicate synflorescences, sessile. Involucre globose-lanceolate, 3-4 × 0.6-0.7 mm, densely silky villous abaxially; phyllaries linear, 6-7 × 0.5-0.6 mm, margins ciliate. Receptacle convex, 2-4 mm in diam., alveolate, glabrous. Marginal florets 6-7 mm, 2-or 3-lobed. Central florets yellow, 7-8 mm, with 5 broadly triangular lobes, lobes with colleters and sparse multicellular hairs. Achenes oblong, 1-1.2 × ca. 0.25 mm, ribbed, sparsely pubescent. Pappus white, 3-4 mm. Fl. Sep-Mar. 2n = 48.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 1.1
Root system fibrous-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Appetite stimulants (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Diaphoretic (leaf), Beri-Beri (unspecified), Beriberi (unspecified), Colic (unspecified)
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Distribution

Blumea hieraciifolia world distribution map, present in China, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, United States of America, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:185583-1
WFO ID wfo-0000044299
COL ID M7F3
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Synonyms

Conyza communis Erigeron hieraciifolius Blumea cernua Blumea crinita Blumea chinensis Conyza natans Placus sericans Blumea hieraciifolia Placus hieraciifolius Blumea sericans Conyza hieraciifolia

Lower taxons

Blumea hieraciifolia var. flexuosa