Pan India Bouquets

Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers.

Family : Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
Subfamily : Faboideae
Basionym : Hedysarum junceum L.f.
Synonym(s) : Hallia juncea Otto ex Steud.; Onobrychis juncea (L.f.) Scop.; Trifolium hedysaroides Pall.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers.
Common name : Rush Bush-Clover, Siberian Lespedeza
Vernacular name : Bhaisaano (Nepali)
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Mountain slopes, thickets and dry sandy banks, below 2500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Amur, Assam, Bhutan, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Irkutsk, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate Asia to North India and Transcaucasus
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 108; 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: 682-683
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Lespedeza juncea. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.