Pan India Bouquets

Leontopodium stracheyi C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl.

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 stracheyi Franch.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Leontopodium stracheyi C.B.Clarke ex Hemsl.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Grasslands, thickets, sparse forests, gravelly slopes and dry hills; 2000 - 4700 m. altitude
Key identification features : Rhizome stout, branched, with numerous flowering and sterile stems
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Sichuan, North-West Yunnan)
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: 1511-1512
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 stracheyi. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.