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East Indian globe thistle |
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| Vernacular name | Gorakh mundi | |
| Scientific name | Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
| Season | Rabi | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Heavier branched, annual herb, 30 cm height, stem and branches cylindric with toothed, wings, grandular, hairy. | |
| Leaves | Alternate, sub-sessile, oblong | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Compound head globose, ovoid, peduncles with toothed wings, heterogamous, purplish pink, outer florets femae and inner besexual. |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Achene, glabrous, stalked | |
| Habitat and distribution | Wet places | |
| Flowering and fruiting | January to March | |
| Associated with | Rabi | |
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