Pan India Bouquets

Parnassia laxmannii Pall. ex Schult.

Family : Parnassiaceae are
Family (as per The APG System III) : Celastraceae
Synonym(s) : Parnassia subacaulis Kar. & Kir.; Parnassia turczaninowii Ledeb.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Parnassia laxmannii Pall. ex Schult.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Picea forest margins, shaded places, meadows by streams in valleys; 2500 - 2600 m. altitude
Comments / notes : In habit, this species resembles Parnassia nubicola and P. trinervis. However, P. laxmannii differs in having the central staminode lobe ca. 0.6 mm, longer than the lateral ones, with the apex truncate or rounded.
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, India, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Central Asia to Kamchatka and West Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 127
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Parnassia laxmannii. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.