Pan India Bouquets

Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Hieracium sanctum L.
Synonym(s) : Lagoseris sancta (L.) K.Malý; Pterotheca sancta (L.) K.Koch
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Crepis sancta (L.) Bornm.
Common name : Sacred Hawksbeard
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Wastelands, roadsides
Comments / notes : Naturalized widely in Himalayas. Commonest weed in wastelands and borders of cultivated fields.
Flower, Fruit : May-June
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Albania, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia,
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Europe to Mediterranean and Iran, Arabian Peninsula and India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 155
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Crepis sancta. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.