Erechtites valerianaefolia (Wolf) DC., Prodr. 6: 295. 1838. Senecio valerianaefolius Wolf., Ind. sem. H. Berol. 1825, teste Rechenb. Ic. Bot. Exot. 59. t. 85. 1827.

Herbs, erect, 0.5 - 1.5 m tall, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves ovate-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, irregularly incised dentate or pinnatisect, 6 - 30 x 4 - 16 cm, glabrous, lobes oblong-lanceolate, serrate; petiole up to 6 cm long. Capitula pink or mauve, heterogamous, disciform, cylindrical, 3 - 5 mm in diam. Involucral bracts 12 - 14, linear, ca 8 x 0.7 mm, glabrous, connate, margins scarious. Female florets filiform, 7 - 9 mm long, 5-lobed. Marginal male florets narrowly campanplate, 8 - 9 mm long, 5-lobed. Achenes brown, 3 - 3.5 mm long, sparsely puberulous. Pappus hairs pink above white at the base, 7.5 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Dec. - June.

Distrib. India: W. Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka, Nepal, S. America, Malaya, Australia, Polynesia, China and Japan.