- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Blumea DC.
Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or occasionally perennial herb, 20–90 cm high, the base sometimes woody and with one or more shoots, simple or branched; stems short-pubescent with glandular hairs; whole plant viscid, sticky and aromatic (smell variously described as lemony or like Hyptis or Tanacetum).
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves occasionally purplish, the petiole absent but especially the proximal leaves with a long-attenuate base resembling a petiole up to 5 cm long, blade elliptic, oblanceolate or obovate, 2–10(–20 in proximal leaves) cm long, 0.6–6 cm wide, base cuneate to long-attenuate, margins dentate to serrate-dentate, apex acute or rounded and apiculate, densely to sparsely pubescent and glandular on both surfaces.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula 4–8 mm long, in dense terminal and axillary, rather narrow panicles; stalks of individual capitula 2–8 mm long; phyllaries reddish brown or purplish, lanceolate, 2.5–7 mm long, long-pubescent with shorter glandular hairs intermixed; receptacle flat.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets pink, mauve or purple (white near sea-level); outer florets in several series, tube filiform, 3–4 mm long, minutely dentate at the apex, style purple or white, 4.5 mm long, with glabrous linear arms; inner florets fewer, tube slightly widening from the base, 2.5–4 mm long, lobes0.3–0.4 mm long, slightly glandular; anthers 1.2–1.4 mm long, long-tailed, with a short apical appendage; style 2.7–5 mm long, with ± 1 mm long hairy branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes cylindrical, 0.6–1 mm long, slightly ribbed, pubescent; pappus of ± 12 white bristles 3.5–5 mm long.
- Figures
- Fig. 60 (page 321).
- Habitat
- In swampy sites with impeded drainage, on river-banks, in seasonally flooded grassland, in old cultivations, on roadsides; often gregarious; 1–2000(–2400) m
- Distribution
- K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 P T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 tropical Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia in the North, Angola to Mozambique in the South, South Africaalso in Indian Ocean Is. and (sub-)tropical Asia and Australia
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or occasionally perennial herb, 20–90 cm high; whole plant viscid, sticky and aromatic
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves occasionally purplish, the petiole absent but especially the proximal leaves with a long-attenuate base resembling a petiole up to 5 cm long, blade elliptic, oblanceolate or obovate, 2–10´0.6–6 cm, base cuneate to long-attenuate, margins dentate to serrate-dentate, apex acute or rounded and apiculate, densely to sparsely pubescent and glandular on both surfaces
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Capitula in dense terminal and axillary rather narrow panicles; phyllaries reddish brown or purplish, lanceolate, 2.5–7 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets pink, mauve or purple; outer florets in several series, filiform; inner florets fewer, tube slightly widened from the base, 2.5–4 mm long, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes cylindrical, 0.6–1 mm long, slightly ribbed, pubescent; pappus of ±12 white bristles 3.5–5 mm long.
- Distribution
- N2 tropical Africa and Asia.
- Ecology
- Altitude range c. 1350 m.
- Note
- First record for Somalia.
[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets pale pink to reddish-purple in numerous clustered flower-heads.
- Morphology General Habit
- An erect, densely velvety aromatic herb up to 4 ft. high
[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- A slender weed up to 3 ft. high
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Many small capitula in terminal inflorescences
- Morphology Leaves
- Basal and lower stem-leaves long-stalked
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Florets mauve or pale purple
- Ecology
- In low-lying ground.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cambodia, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Mauritius
- Baccharis cochinchinensis Spreng.
- Blumea arenaria var. honigbergeri (Rech.f.) Parsa
- Blumea chamissoniana DC.
- Blumea cunninghamii DC.
- Blumea diplotricha Domin
- Blumea honigbergeri Rech.f.
- Blumea leschenaultiana DC.
- Blumea mollis (D.Don) Merr.
- Blumea neilgherrensis Hook.f.
- Blumea parvifolia DC.
- Blumea perrottetiana DC.
- Blumea phyllostachya DC.
- Blumea solidaginoides DC.
- Blumea trichophora DC.
- Blumea wightiana DC.
- Conyza axillaris Lam.
- Conyza bifoliata Cham. & Less.
- Conyza bifoliolata DC.
- Conyza paniculata Wall.
- Conyza parvifolia Wall.
- Conyza wightiana Wall. ex DC.
- Erigeron glomeratus Spreng. ex DC.
- Erigeron mollis D.Don
- Gnaphalium solidaginoides Poir.
- Placus mollis Kuntze
- Placus neilgherensis Kuntze
- Placus tomentosus Lour.
Blumea axillaris (Lam.) DC. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [s.n.], Tamil Nadu | K000978458 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [s.n.], Tamil Nadu | K000978459 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [1427], India | K000978463 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight [s.n.], India | K001273408 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Shuter, J. [s.n.], India | K000978466 | ||
| Sep 1, 2015 | Gardner [s.n.], India | K001273410 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [1427], India | K000978460 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [1427], India | K000978464 | syntype | |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Wight, R. [1427], India | K000978465 | syntype | |
| Apr 17, 2008 | Ash [369], Ethiopia | 7543.000 | ||
| Aug 1, 2001 | Speke [591], Sudan | K000274063 | ||
| Telfair [s.n.], Mauritius | K000274065 | |||
| Bojer [s.n.], Mauritius | K000274064 | |||
| Rakotonirina, N. [487], Madagascar | K000614896 | |||
| Maitland, T.D. [1439], Cameroon | K000052026 | |||
| Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28526], Cameroon | K000052025 | |||
| Hepper, F.N. [1912], Cameroon | K000052027 | |||
| Lewalle, J. [712], Burundi | K000612978 | |||
| Sep 1, 1958 | unknown [677], Guinea | Blumea perrottetiana | K000274062 | |
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3004], Nepal | Conyza parvifolia | K001118395 | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 3090] | Conyza paniculata | K001118557 | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 3090] | Conyza paniculata | K001118556 | ||
| Jan 1, 1985 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Western Australia | Blumea mollis | K000978539 | |
| Jan 1, 1985 | Mueller, F. [s.n.], Northern Territory | Blumea mollis | K000978537 | holotype |
| Jan 1, 1985 | Cunningham, A. [s.n.], Western Australia | Blumea mollis | K000978614 | |
| Oct 1, 1958 | Wallich, N. [s.n.], Nepal | Blumea mollis | K000978456 | |
| Ash [1850], Ethiopia | Blumea mollis | 35586.000 | ||
| Ash [857], Ethiopia | Blumea mollis | 38824.000 | ||
| s.coll. [s.n.], India | Blumea mollis | K000978461 | ||
| Shuter, J. [s.n.], Tamil Nadu | Blumea mollis | K000978462 | ||
| Cunningham, A. [15], Western Australia | Blumea mollis | K000978538 | ||
| Wallich, N. [s.n.], Nepal | Blumea mollis | K000978455 | ||
| Cuming, H. [1139], Philippines | Blumea mollis | K000978524 | ||
| Wallich, N. [s.n.], Nepal | Blumea mollis | K000978457 |
First published in Prodr. 5: 434 (1836)
Accepted by
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
- Qaiser, M. & Abid, R. (2003). Flora of Pakistan 210: 1-215. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
- Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (2015). Flora of Oman 3: 1-386. National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise.
- Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by H. Beentje [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A.J. Scott in Fl. Mascar. 109: 58, t. 19 (1993).
- DC., Prodr. 5: 434 (1836).
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