Pan India Bouquets

Saussurea leontodontoides (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 leontodontoides DC.; Leontodon kunthianus Wall.; Saussurea irregularis Y.L.Chen & S.Yun Liang; Saussurea kunthiana C.B.Clarke; Saussurea rhytidocarpa Hand.-Mazz.; Saussurea sungpanensis Hand.-Mazz.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saussurea leontodontoides (DC.) Sch.Bip.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine scree slopes, forests, forest margins, thickets; 3200 - 5500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : August-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (West 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: 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: 1449
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 leontodontoides. Downloaded on 24 March 2023.