Common name: पीला गंगोत्रा Peela Gangotra (Marathi)
Botanical name: Cyathocline lutea Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Peela gangotra is a rare, small, annual herb which grows to only 10-20 cm
high. It has slender erect stems. Stem leaves are alternately arranged and are
few in number. Most leaves are 2-4 cm long, double-compound, forming a rosette
on the ground. Flower-heads occur in branched corymbose panicles, but are few
in number. Flower-heads are 3-4 mm across and bright yellow.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
| Photographed at Wandre, Bhimashankar,
Maharashtra. |
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