Pan India Bouquets

Circaea repens Wall. ex Asch. & Magnus

Family : Onagraceae
(Evening-Primrose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : OENOTHERA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Onagraceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Circaea repens Wall. ex Asch. & Magnus
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Moist to wet forests, thickets, and open places; 1500 - 3300 m. altitude
Key identification features : The fruit of Circaea repens often shows a trace of a second locule in cross-section, but bears only a single seed. In many ways this species is intermediate between species with one and two locules.
Flower, Fruit : July-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to South Central 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: 133; 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: 313-314
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Circaea repens. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.