Common name: Erect Horseweed • Marathi: बट दवणा Bat dawana • Kannada: Bettada davana
Botanical name: Conyza stricta Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Erect Horseweed is an upright annual herb, up to 1.1 m tall. Stems are simple
or branched near the base, covered with long white hairs. Stalkless, narrow
leaves get smaller towards the top. Inflorescences are branched, up to 35 cm
long. Flower-heads are 3mm, pale ellow, numerous, on short, densely hairy
pedicels. Flowering: September-October.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed at Vasota fort, Maharashtra. |
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