• Family : Apiaceae
  (Carrot Or Coriander Or Parsley Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAUNF FAMILY (सौंफ फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Apiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Cortia wallichiana (DC.) Leute; Laserpitium coniifolium Wall.; Ligusticopsis coniifolia (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov; Ligusticum coniifolium DC.; Ligusticum tenuifolium Franch.; Oreocome candolleana Edgew.; Oreocome candollei Edgew.; Oreocome cicutaria (Lindl.) Edgew.; Oreocome elata Edgew.; Peucedanum wallichianum DC.; Pleurospermum cicutarium Lindl.; Selinum candollei Edgew.; Selinum cicutarium (Lindl.) Benth. & Hook.f.; Selinum coniifolium Benth. & Hook.f.; Selinum wallichianum var. elata (C.B.Clarke) Raizada & H.O.Saxena
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ligusticopsis wallichiana (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov
• Common name : Milk Parsley
• Vernacular name : Bhutkesh (Nepali)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Forests, montane scrub, grassy slopes; 2600 - 4200 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Milk Parsley is a hairless perennial herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,North Sikkim (Mangan) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district,South Sikkim (Namchi) district
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
• Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan) 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: 140; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 490
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Selinum wallichianum. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

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