• Family : Asteraceae
  (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
• Basionym : Amphirhapis albescens DC.
• Synonym(s) : Aster cabulicus Lindl.; Aster caubulicus Hook.; Aster ferrugineus Edgew.; Aster ignoratus Kunth & C.D.Bouché; Conyza conspicua Wall.; Eupatorium cinerascens Wall.; Eupatorium cinereum Wall. ex Steud.; Eupatorium coloratum Spreng. ex DC.; Homostylium cabulicum Nees; Microglossa albescens C.B.Clarke; Microglossa cabulica C.B.Clarke; Microglossa griffithii C.B.Clarke; Microglossa salicifolia Diels; Solidago salicifolia Wall. ex DC.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz.
• Common name : Fading Himalayan Aster, Lilac Himalayan Aster
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Light forests,Shrubberies and open slopes
• Comments / notes : Leaf shape, size, and indumentum are variable in this species.
• Key identification features : Margins of deciduous or coniferous forests and thickets, open or grazed meadows, shrublands, seepage or damp areas, streamsides, ditch or field margins, disturbed areas and cut or disturbed forests, hills to alpine regions; 500 - 4100 m. altitude
• Flower, Fruit : June-October
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kinnaur district
• Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Himalaya to Central China and 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: 150; 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: 1533-1534; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 182; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 144; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 365
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Aster albescens. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.

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