• Family : Saxifragaceae
  (Saxifrage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Saxifragaceae
• Basionym : Megasea ciliata Haw.
• Synonym(s) : Bergenia ciliata (Royle) A.Braun ex Engl.; Bergenia thysanodes (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid.; Saxifraga ciliata Royle; Saxifraga thysanodes Lindl.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) Sternb.
• Common name : Frilly bergenia, Hairy bergenia, Winter begonia
• Vernacular name : Pakhanbhed (Nepali)
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Rocks and cliff faces, 1500 - 3050 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Leaves often become longer after flowering. Perennial herbs with thick rhizomes
• Key identification features : Rhizome scales with ciliate margins. Leaves suborbicular or broadly obovate and Flower brownish-white
• Flower, Fruit : February-July
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Lahaul & Spiti district
  • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
• Native : Bhutan, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : West Himalaya to South-West Nepal
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 125; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 492; Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (3):492; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 130; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 262
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Bergenia ciliata. Downloaded on 25 February 2021.

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