Pan India Bouquets

Spiraea arcuata Hook.f.

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Synonym(s) : Spiraea zabeliana C.K.Schneid.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Spiraea arcuata Hook.f.
Common name : Arching Spirea
Vernacular name : Panda (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Amongst Juniper/Rhododendron scrub, thickets and open areas on mountain slopes and river banks, subalpine rocky places; 2100 -4900 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Similar to, and sometimes hard to distinguish from, Spiraea canescens D.Don, though the carpels are almost always glabrous and it generally occurs above 3500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South Central China and North Myanmar
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: 535
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Spiraea arcuata. Downloaded on 9 December 2022.