Pan India Bouquets

Saussurea fastuosa (Decne.) 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 denticulata DC.; Aplotaxis fastuosa Decne.; Saussurea forrestii Diels; Saussurea glabrata (DC.) C.Shih; Saussurea wallichii Sch.Bip.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Shangwua denticulata (DC.) Raab-Straube & Yu J.Wang
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forests, forest or thicket margins, grasslands, moist meadow, on slopes above rivers; 2150 - 4000 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : August-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan) and North Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 161; 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: 1440
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 fastuosa. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.