''Pluchea lanceolata'', the rasna or rasana, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is disjunctly distributed in Africa; Senegal, Chad, and Tanzania, and Asia; Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and India. A perennial herb, it is considered a noxious weed by agriculturalists, and is used in Ayurveda and Tibetan traditional medicines.

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lanceolata Medicinal plants Flora of Senegal Flora of Chad Flora of Tanzania Flora of Iran Flora of Afghanistan Flora of Pakistan Flora of West Himalaya Flora of India (region) Plants described in 1876 {{Inuleae-stub