Pan India Bouquets

Cotula hemisphaerica (Roxb.) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Artemisia hemisphaerica Roxb.
Synonym(s) : Cotula chinensis Kitam.; Machlis hemisphaerica (Roxb.) DC.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cotula hemisphaerica (Roxb.) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshy clearing at edge of forest, sandy and stony places by rivers, by paddies; 100 - 410 m. altitude
Comments / notes : A weed of garden lawns and rice fields.
Flower, Fruit : January-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district,Alipurduar district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to China (Sichuan, Hubei) and Indo-China, Taiwan
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 154; 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: 1568
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cotula hemisphaerica. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.