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Myriactis javanica (Blume) DC., Prodr. 5: 308. 1836; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 247. 1881 (As synonym). Bellis javanica Blume, Bijdr. 917. 1826.


Stem hairy. Basal leaves elliptic-obovate or oblong, obtusely apiculate at apex, remotely serrate-crenate; 2 - 8 x 1 - 4 cm, hairy on both surfaces, petiole up to ca 5 cm long, narrowly winged; upper leaves lanceolate-elliptic, sessile or subsessile. Heads semiglobose, 5 - 8 mm long, 1 - 1.5 cm across; peduncles long, rigid, hairy. Receptacle convex. Ligule 2 - 4 mm long, narrowly linear or oblanceolate, 3 - 4-seriate. Corolla of disc florets ca 2 mm long. Achenes 2 - 3 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: W. Himalayas. Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Java.




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