Pan India Bouquets

Gnaphalium hypoleucum DC.

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) : Gnaphalium amoyense Hance; Gnaphalium confertum Benth.; Gnaphalium hololeucum Hayata; Pseudognaphalium hypoleucum var. amoyense (Hance) Yonek.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseudognaphalium hypoleucum (DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Hillsides, open ground, roadsides, fields, crops and pine forest; 1650 - 3350 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Easily distinguished by its robust habit, subamplexicaul leaves which are dull green above and white tomentose beneath.
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district,Alipurduar district,Cooch Behar district
- Ladakh : Leh district
Native : Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Iran to Temperate East Asia and Philippines
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 157; 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: 1523
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Gnaphalium hypoleucum. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.

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