Pan India Bouquets

Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Argentina polyphylla var. miranda (Soják) Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia; Potentilla mooniana Wight; Potentilla polyphylla var. himalaica H.Ikeda & H.Ohba; Potentilla polyphylla var. miranda Soják
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Argentina polyphylla (Wall. ex Lehm.) Soják
Common name : Many Leaved Cinquefoil
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forests, forest margins, meadows on mountain slopes; 2500 - 4500 m. altitude
Key identification features : Distinguished by its leaves which have many elliptic toothed leaflets of varying sizes.
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South Central China, Sri Lanka, Jawa
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 121; 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: 571
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 polyphylla. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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