Pan India Bouquets

Tricholepis furcata 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) : Carduus elongatus Wall.; Centaurea alba C.B.Clarke; Cnicus elongatus Wall. ex C.B.Clarke; Tricholepis lanuginosa Klotzsch
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tricholepis furcata DC.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Forest margins in mountain valleys, dry hillsides and fields; 15250- 3600 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : August-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North Pakistan to 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: 164; 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: 1452
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Tricholepis furcata. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.