Youngia nilgiriensis
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Youngia nilgiriensis is an endangered perennial herb. It is endemic to the Sispara area of the Kundah range of the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, South India characterised by vast stretches of grasslands interrupted by numerous sholas at an altitude of around Script error: No such module "convert".. It is listed as an endangered species in the Red Data Book on Indian Plants.
The plant is Script error: No such module "convert". high. Radical leaves are Script error: No such module "convert". × Script error: No such module "convert"., oblanceolate, Iyrate-pinnatifid, acute, upper surface puberulous, lower surface glabrous; petiole long; cauline leaves: lower ones similar to radical leaves or acuminate; upper ones sessile, lanceolate, acuminate-caudate.
- Flowers are yellow. Heads are 2–4 together, about 13-flowered.
- Peduncle is Script error: No such module "convert". long, glabrous. Involucre Script error: No such module "convert". long, glabrous, dark green.
- Corolla is Script error: No such module "convert". long; ligule 2 mm broad, dentate, 1.0–1.5 mm long; tube 2 mm long, acuminate.
- Anthers are 2 mm long; appendages 0.25 mm long, acuminate; filament 1 mm long.
- Achenes is 5 mm long, sub-compressed, apex pale and strongly attenuate, base scarcely attenuate, ribs 12–14, unequal, brown.
- Pappus is 5 mm long, 2–3 serrate, ash-grey.
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Database of Western Ghats Flora, Sahyadri: Western Ghats Ecology and Biodiversity Environmental Information System @ CES, IISc, retrieved 6/8/2007 Species: Youngia nilgiriensis Babcock