Pan India Bouquets

Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Gnaphalium margaritaceum L.
Synonym(s) : Antennaria margaritacea (L.) DC.; Helichrysum margaritaceum (L.) Moench
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. & Hook.f.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Conifer and Betula forests, dry soils, subalpine or low mountain grasslands or shrublands, rocky valleys and roadsides, slopes, banks; 300 - 3400 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Young leaves and plants are said to be eaten as a pot herb.
Flower, Fruit : July-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Nepal, Pakistan, Primorye, Qinghai, Sakhalin, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to Russian Far East, Japan and Central and North America, Europe
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 148; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1517-1518
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Anaphalis margaritacea. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.

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