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Oldbag weed, Thickhead |
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| Vernacular name | Redflower ragleaf, rue phool | |
| Scientific name | Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth) s. Moors | |
| Family | Asteraceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | ||
| Leaves | Leaves simple, divided, alternate spiral, sessile or stalked, glabrous or hairy on both sides, margin coarsely dentate, apex acute, base acute, pinnately veined. | Photo Gallery |
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| Fruit/ seed | Fruit an achene with pappus. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Arable land, rivers and roadsides, tea and cinchonaplantations, particularly in wet localities from 250-2500 m alt | |
| Flowering and fruiting | September to February fruiting October to March. | |
| Associated with | Road side flora | |
| Habit | Terrestrial, annual, erect herb, up to 100 cm tall. Taproots white or brown. Stem rounded or grooved, solid, hairy. Stipules absent. | |
| Inflorescence | Flowers bisexual, grouped together in a terminal head of tubular flowers only, sessile, red or red-brown. | |
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