Pan India Bouquets

Inula cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) DC.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Basionym : Conyza cappa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Synonym(s) : Baccharis chinensis Lour.; Blumea arnottiana Steud.; Blumea chinensis Hook. & Arn.; Conyza argentea Wall.; Conyza dentata Blanco; Conyza eriophora Wall.; Conyza lanuginosa Wall.; Conyza oblonga Wall. ex DC.; Duhaldea chinensis DC.; Duhaldea eriophora Steetz; Duhaldea lanuginosa (C.C.Chang) Anderb.; Eupatorium lanatum Spreng. ex DC.; Helenium cappa Kuntze; Helenium salviodorum Kuntze; Inula cappa f. radiata H.Koyama; Inula eriophora DC.; Inula intermedia C.C.Chang & Y.C.Tseng; Inula lanuginosa C.C.Chang; Inula oblonga DC.; Inula pseudocappa DC.; Inula salviodora Sch.Bip.; Moquinia eriosematoides Walp.; Pteronia marginata C.B.Clarke; Vernonia congesta Benth.; Vernonia eriosematoides Walp.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Duhaldea cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Pruski & Anderb.
Common name : Fragrant Inula
Vernacular name : Gaaitihaare, Kaanpaate, Baakhraa Kaane, Tihaare Phool (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Frequent along road-sides, among rock crevices and boulders; 450 - 3500 m. altitude
Key identification features : Heads discoid/ homogamous; leaves covered with dense silky woolly hairs on lower surface
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Alipurduar district,Jalpaiguri district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to South China and Jawa
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: 1495; Shekhar S., Pandey A.K. and Anderberg A.A. (2020). The genus Duhaldea (Asteraceae) in India. Rheedea 30: 257-269
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Inula cappa. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.

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