Asteraceae Week (Part II - Discoid heads)
aster, daisy, or sunflower family
 *Ageratum conyzoides* (L.) L.
  *ad-jur-RAY-tum* -- a plant that does not wither readily ... Dave's
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DAgeratum&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdVOvhOMxg2bd687xo6RHhXhW6kxw>
*kon-ny-ZOY-deez* -- resembling *Conyza* (a type of fleabane) ... Dave's
Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dconyzoides&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfGaRtOjxOzDUxC3a3xJ5Fnn_3E2w>

*commonly known as*: billy goat weed, tropical whiteweed • *Bengali*:
uchunti • *Hindi*: जंगली पुदीना jungali pudina • *Kannada*: ಹೇಲುಕಸ
helukasa, ನಾಯಿ ತುಳಸಿ naayi tulasi • *Konkani*: वोसाडी vosadi • *Manipuri*:
খোংগজাঈ নপী khongjai napi • *Marathi*: घाणेरा ओसाडी ghanera osaadi • *
Sanskrit*: विषामुष्टिः visamustih • *Tamil*: அப்பக்கொடி appa-k-koti • *
Telugu*: పోకబంతి poka-banti

*Native to*: central and tropical South America; naturalized in tropics
worldwide

*References*: Flowers of
India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGoat%2520Weed.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcxOjlnN4WGz5t-Ey7GCrX-5t9rnw>•
FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D81&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfh8aIr3mDOCxGc1WmBletPTE7RQw>•
Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAgeratum_conyzoides&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfnRoZ3UuQW-HRCvpL2KCyrmYwsZQ>•
PIER<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hear.org%2FPier%2Fspecies%2Fageratum_conyzoides.htm&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzetTclqCpidaqYyDoj_z2mE2Ge_jw>•
*Further Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
  at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on 30 NOV 09

[image: Ageratum
conyzoides]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4149366881%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeMRTyjjsuVkf0eNmO58IJJ_WjD2w>

[image: Vosadi (Konkani:
वोसाडी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4149370889%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcGEegwk2wj-ylGdbtVRayEBAW-OA>

[image: Jungali Pudina (Hindi: जंगली
पुदीना)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4150133816%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcKv4faZWusEmgaWjff-oMNYv7PYg>
 Regards.
Dinesh

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