Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Blumea (1)
Epithet: fistulosa (Roxb.) Kurz (2)
Synonyms: Blumea amethystina Hance, Blumea fistulosa C.B.Clarke, Blumea glomerata Wall., Blumea holosericea Dalz. & Gibs., Blumea leptoclada DC., Blumea nodiflora Hook.fil., Blumea purpurea Buch.-Ham., Blumea racemosa DC., Conyza fasciculata Wall., Conyza fistulosa Roxb., Conyza glomerata Wall., Conyza holosericea Wall., Conyza purpurea Buch.-Ham., Conyza racemosa Wall., Conyza sericea Wall., Conyza stachyoides Spreng., Placus gariepinus Kuntze, Placus glomeratus Kuntze (Wall. ex DC.), Placus nodiflorus Kuntze (Hook.fil.)
fasciculata => clustered, growing in bundles
fistulosa => tubular, hollow throughout as the leaf of an onion, or full of holes
glomerata => club-shaped, clustered into a head
holosericea => entirely silky to the touch (sericea = silky)
nodiflora => flowers at the nodes
purpurea => purple
racemosa => in form of a cluster
sericea => silky, covered with silky pubescence
