Pan India Bouquets

Galium elegans Wall.

Family : Rubiaceae
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
Synonym(s) : Galium elegans f. glabriusculum (Req. ex DC.) H.Hara ex H.Ohba; Galium elegans var. nephrostigmaticum (Diels) W.C.Chen; Galium elegans f. vestitum (D.Don) H.Hara; Galium hamiltonii Spreng.; Galium latifolium Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Galium panduanum Steud.; Galium petiolatum E.T.Geddes; Galium punduanum Wall. ex Craib; Galium requienianum Wight & Arn.; Galium vestitum D.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Galium elegans Wall.
Common name : Elegant Goose Grass
Vernacular name : Lahare kuro (Nepali)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forests, thickets, meadows on mountain slopes, streamsides, open fields, on rocks; 600 - 3500 m. altitude
Comments / notes : A fairly common and highly variable species, usually several infraspecific categroies are recognized on the basis of leaf size and degree of pubescene.
Key identification features : Stems sparsely or densely hirsute; leaf blade small and thickly textured, not black when dry.
Flower, Fruit : April-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, China, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Qinghai, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Taiwan and Jawa
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 144; 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: 828-829
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Galium elegans. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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