Pan India Bouquets

Brachyactis anomala (DC.) Kitam.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Erigeron anomalus DC.
Synonym(s) : Aster menthodorus (Benth.) Govaerts; Brachyactis indica C.B.Clarke; Brachyactis menthodora Benth.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neobrachyactis anomala (DC.) Brouillet
Common name : Himalayan Bracted-Fleabane, Mint Bracted-Fleabane
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine thicket margins, open grassy slopes, 3050 - 4100 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Herb with sweet menthol odor.
Key identification features : Perennial herbs; upper leaves sessile, subclasping at base, shortly decurrent on stems; capitula solitary or 3 or 4 crowded at ends of stems and branches; phyllaries longer than disk florets; ray florets longer than disk florets, lamina bluish, exceeding style.
Flower, Fruit : May-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Tibet
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 152; 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: 1507
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Brachyactis anomala. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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