Pan India Bouquets

Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg.

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) : Chondrilla taraxacum (L.) Stokes; Leontodon taraxacum L.; Leontodon taraxacum var. vulgare Benth.; Leontodon vulgaris Lam.; Taraxacum dens-leonis Desf.; Taraxacum officinale subsp. vulgare Schinz & R.Keller; Taraxacum vulgare Schrank
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Taraxacum officinale F.H.Wigg.
Common name : Common dandelion, Dandelion
Vernacular name : Pitachumki (Bengali); Hand, Handri (Kashmiri); Dudhi, Baran, Dudal, Dudh-batthal, Dudhal (Hindi); Kaadu shaavanthi (Kannada); Han (Ladakhi); Dugddhapheni (Malayalam); Dugdhapheni, Lootari, Payasvini (Sanskrit); Patri (Telugu); Bathur (Urdu); Tukee Phool, Dudhe Jhaar, Karnaphuli, Phulee Jhaar, Tuknu (Nepali)
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Often in damp low places, lawns, roadsides, waste grounds, disturbed banks and shores; 0 - 2000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Introduced in India. Dandelion has been used in herbal medicine in an attempt to treat infections, bile and liver problems, and as a diuretic.
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Sweden
Exotic/Native : Exotic
World Distribution : Introduced nearly worldwide
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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Taraxacum officinale. Downloaded on 4 July 2022.

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