Pan India Bouquets

Thespis divaricata DC.

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) : Cotula divaricata Wall. ex DC.; Cotula sinapifolia Wall. ex DC.; Thespis erecta DC.; Thespis sinapifolia DC.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Thespis divaricata DC.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Among grasses, on sandy river bed, field margins, roadsides; 100 - 1000 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district,Alipurduar district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalay to China (Guangdong, South Yunnan) and Indo-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: 163; 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: 1548
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Thespis divaricata. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.