Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Osbeckia stellata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Common name : Starry Osbeckia
Vernacular name : Rato chulsi (Nepali); Builukhampa (Mizo)
Habit : Herb or shrublet
Habitat : Grassland on mountain slopes, sparse thickets, dry stony pastures, trailsides, clearings in warm broad-leaved forest,; 200 - 2300 m. altitude
Key identification features : Sterns with appressed hairs, not winged; calyx densely hairy, appendages with stellately-arranged hairs at the apex.
Flower, Fruit : July-December
Distribution :
Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan) and Indo-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: 132; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 294