Pan India Bouquets

Saussurea andryaloides (DC.) Sch.Bip.

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) : Aplotaxis andryaloides DC.; Saussurea crassicaulis C.B.Clarke ex Pamp.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saussurea andryaloides (DC.) Sch.Bip.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Scree slopes, steppes, alpine meadows, thickets; 3200 - 5400 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : August-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Rudraprayag district
Native : East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : West and Central Himalaya to West China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 160; Kasana Shruti, Uniyal P.L. and Pandey A.K., (2019). Rediscovery of Saussurea andryaloides (Asteraceae: Cardueae) from Uttarakhand, India. Rheedea, Vol. 29(1): 116-118
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Saussurea andryaloides. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.