Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Flowers; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Foliage; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 12/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1847
Date of entry: 11.01.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Asterales (223)
Family: Asteraceae (222)(family description)
Genus: Blumea (1)
Epithet: fistulosa (Roxb.) Kurz (2)
Synonym: Blumea racemosa DC.
fistulosa => tubular, hollow throughout as the leaf of an onion, or full of holes
racemosa => in form of a cluster
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, yellow