Pan India Bouquets

Ligularia fischeri Turcz.

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) : Cineraria fischeri Ledeb.; Cineraria speciosa Schrad. ex Link; Hoppea speciosa Rchb.; Ligularia fischeri f. spiciformis (Nakai) M.Kim; Ligularia fischeri var. spiciformis Nakai; Ligularia glabrescens Vorosch.; Ligularia racemosa DC.; Ligularia speciosa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Ligularia splendens (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Nakai; Senecillis fischeri (Ledeb.) Kitam.; Senecio ligularia Hook.f.; Senecio splendens H.Lév. & Vaniot
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ligularia fischeri Turcz.
Common name : Fischer's Ligularia
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Marshy slopes, stream banks, swamp meadows, grassy slopes, scrub, forest margins; 2100 - 3650 m. altitude
Key identification features : Plants exceeding 1m or elliptic to oblanceolate bracts subtending several lower capitula or disc pappus not exceeding base of corolla throat
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Amur, Bhutan, Buryatiya, China, Chita, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Primorye, Sakhalin, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : South Siberia to Himalaya and Japan
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: 1577
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Ligularia fischeri. Downloaded on 3 June 2023.

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