Pan India Bouquets

Carpesium abrotanoides 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) : Amphirhapis wightiana Hook.f.; Carpesium racemosum Wall.; Carpesium thunbergianum Siebold & Zucc.; Carpesium wulfenianum Schreb. ex DC.; Carpesium wulfenianum Bertol.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carpesium abrotanoides L.
Common name : Pig's Head, Carpesium Fruit
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Roadsides, grassy slopes, thickets, forest margins, streamsides; below 2800 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Naturalized in parts of Himalayas, including Kashmir.
Flower, Fruit : August-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Ladakh : Leh district
Native : South and central Europe to Japan and Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South and central Europe to Japan and Himalaya and Australia, India, Inner Mongolia, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Qinghai, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 153; 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: 1494
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Carpesium abrotanoides. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.

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