Pan India Bouquets

Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Potentilla eriocarpa Wall. ex Lehm.
Common name : Woolly-Fruit Cinquefoil
Habit : Subshrubs
Habitat : On wet exposed cliff ledges, Sparse forests, alpine meadows, rock crevices; 2700 - 5000 m. altitude
Key identification features : Stems robust, 5–10 mm in diameter. Leaves somewhat coriaceous. Terminal leaflet serrately 5–9-divided.Petals creamy yellow with orange base, apically rounded or slightly emarginate
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : West Himalaya, Nepal, East Himalaya, Tibet, China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 120; 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: 567
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Potentilla eriocarpa. Downloaded on 3 July 2022.