• Family : Polygonaceae
  (Buckwheat Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
• Basionym : Rumex digynus L.
• Synonym(s) : Donia digyna (L.) R.Br.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill
• Common name : Mountain Sorrel, Wood sorrel, Alpine sorrel
• Vernacular name : Lamanchu (Ladakhi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Open slopes and grazing grounds
• Comments / notes : Glabrous fleshy herbs
• Key identification features : Leaves orbicular or reniform. Racemes lax. Wing of fruit membranous
• Flower, Fruit : May-July
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kangra district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Lahaul & Spiti district
• Native : Subarctic & Subalpine
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Northen Hemisphere
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 349; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 241; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI:610
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Oxyria digyna. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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