Pan India Bouquets

Arctium lappa L.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Arcion majus Bubani; Arcion tomentosum Bubani; Arctium adhaerens Gilib.; Arctium bardana Willd.; Arctium chaorum Klokov; Arctium grandiflorum Desf.; Arctium lappa subsp. majus Arènes; Arctium lappa var. vulgare (Hill) Farw.; Arctium majus Bernh.; Arctium ruderale Salisb.; Arctium vulgare (Hill) Druce; Bardana arctium Hill; Bardana lappa Hill; Lappa arctium Hill; Lappa bardana Moench; Lappa bardana var. major Celak.; Lappa communis var. major Coss.; Lappa glabra Lam.; Lappa lappa (L.) H.Karst.; Lappa major Gaertn.; Lappa nemorosa Körn. ex Griewank; Lappa officinalis All.; Lappa vulgaris Hill
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Arctium lappa L.
Common name : Greater Burdock, Bardana, Beggar's Buttons, Burdock Blood, Clot-Bur, Cockle Buttons, Dulavratotu
Vernacular name : Pichawag (Lahaul); Kurya (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Roadsides, near rivers, wet and waste places, forest margins, thickets, valleys, slopes; 2100 - 3700 m. altitude
Comments / notes : The achenes and roots are used medicinally.
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Temperate Eurasia
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate and subarctic Northern Hemisphere
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 149; 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: 1424
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Arctium lappa. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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