Pan India Bouquets

Brachyactis roylei (DC.) Wendelbo

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) : Aster umbrosus (Kar. & Kir.) Govaerts; Brachyactis alpina Y.Wei & C.H.An; Brachyactis umbrosa (Kar. & Kir.) Benth.; Brachyactis wangtuensis Hook.f.; Conyza roylei DC.; Conyza umbrosa Kar. & Kir.; Conyza wangtuensis C.B.Clarke; Erigeron umbrosus (Kar. & Kir.) Boiss.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neobrachyactis roylei (DC.) Brouillet
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Among rocks and shrubs; 1800 - 4300 m. altitude
Key identification features : Stems moderately to densely stipitate glandular and sparsely villous; capitula 1-1.2 cm in diam., numerous, in racemiform or racemose-paniculiform synflorescences; phyllaries green, ca. 1/3 shorter than disk florets, outer shorter than inner, ± villous and densely short-stipitate glandular.
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South-West Iran, Afghanistan to North Xinjiang and West Himalaya
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
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 roylei. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.

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