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Medicine - It is a medicinal and edible plant used to treat cough, asthma in Chinese folk medicine.
Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Thrives in wastelands and cultivated fields, common, sea level to an elevation of 2000 m.
It is annual herb found in cultivated areas grows in an upright often tufted form with multiple stems.
Stem is erect, several, often covered in woolly hairs, reaching 10-30 cm tall.
Leaves are oblong-spoon shaped with a gray or white felt-like covering.
Flowers are bright yellow, globular flower heads, solitary or in branched clusters. Florets: Outer disk-florets are female and white, while the inner ones are bisexual. Bracts: Oblong-shaped bracts beneath the flowers with a shiny yellow, papery texture.
Fruit is dry, single-seeded with a pappus (hair-like structure) for wind dispersal.
Flowering: February-October.