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Medicine- The juice of the plant is applied to the forehead to relieve headaches. It is also dropped into the nostril to treat nosebleeds.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Thrives in many habitats, including fields, lawns, roadsides, and disturbed areas. Prefers well-drained, moist to dry soils in sun or partial shade, at an elevation of 100-3700 m.
It is annual herb growing 10-35 cm tall.
Stem is simple or branched, erect to rising, with hairs often concentrated on one side.
Leaves are 1-2 cm long, 0.3-0.7 cm broad, obovate-elliptic to lance-shaped, sparsely or densely hairy with pointed to blunt tips. They lack stalks and clasp directly onto the stem.
Flowers are white, borne in roundish heads at branch tips. Sepals: 0.4-0.5 cm long, lance-shaped, hairy, often tinged purple. Petals: White, as long as or slightly shorter than sepals, deeply notched at the tip.
Fruit is capsule containing seeds, 1.5-2 times the length of the sepal cup.
Flowering: March – April,
Fruiting: May – June.