Pan India Bouquets

Artemisia persica Boiss.

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) : Artemisia persica var. subspinescens (Boiss.) Boiss.; Artemisia subspinescens Boiss.; Artemisia togusbulakensis Fedtsch.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artemisia persica Boiss.
Habit : Subshrub
Habitat : Rocky slopes, sandy beaches; 2900 - 4000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : The plant is strongly scented and used as a tonic, febrifuge and vermifuge.
Key identification features : Branchlets not spine-tipped
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Iran to Central Asia and West Qinghai, North India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 150
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Artemisia persica. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.