Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park, Aranya Van
About Aerva lanata Plant :
Habit : Annual, diffuse, erect or ascending herbs, 15 - 50 cm tall, somewhat thickened and woody at base.
Stem : simple or branched glandular, hairy, striate.
Leaves : Broadly ovate, elliptic or obovate, acute or subacute at apex, tapering at base appressedly hairy on both surfaces, entire along the margins; petioles 0.3 - 1.6 cm long, pubescent.
Inflorescence : Spikes.
Flowers :
Flowers small, whitish or greenish - white, in axillary spikes on 2 - 4, 0.5 - 3.0 cm long culminating into interrupted panicles at the end of the branches due to suppression of upper leaves.