• 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) : Chrysanthemum gracile (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Ohashi & Yonek.; Chrysanthemum gracile (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Fedtsch.; Chrysanthemum hookeri Kitam.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ajania gracilis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Poljakov ex Tzvelev
• Common name : Shrubby Ajania
• Vernacular name : Khamchu (Ladakhi)
• Habit : Woody subshrub
• Habitat : Cold desert, stony slopes of Himalaya; 500 - 4400 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Also, found along watselands. The dried leaves and flowers are fragrant and a good source of essential oil.
• Key identification features : A grey-hairy perennial herb with many stems arising from the base. Stem 40-60 cm, branched above. densely grey haired Flower heads small, yellow in branched terminal cluster. Fruit with a cup like crown.
• Flower, Fruit : July-November
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
• Native : India, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Central Asia to West Tibet and West Himalaya
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 163; Chaurasia O P, Khatoon N and Singh S B (2006), Field Guide-Plant Biodiversity of Ladakh. WWF-India, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) and Department of Wildlife Protection, Goverment of Jammu and Kashmir
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Tanacetum gracile. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.

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