Pan India Bouquets

Leontopodium leontopodinum Hand.-Mazz.

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) : Antennaria leontopodina DC.; Leontopodium fischerianum Beauverd; Leontopodium leontopodinum Hand.-Mazz.; Leontopodium melanolepis Y.Ling
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leontopodium leontopodinum Hand.-Mazz.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Open moist slopes, meadows and near streams; 2500 - 4500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : July-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Bhutan, India, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan to Siberia and Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 159; 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: 1514
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Leontopodium leontopodinum. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.