Pan India Bouquets

Peracarpa carnosa (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson

Family : Campanulaceae
(Bellflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
Synonym(s) : Campanula carnosa Wall.; Campanula circaeoides F.Schmidt ex Miq.; Campanula ovata (D.Don) Spreng.; Peracarpa luzonica Rolfe; Wahlenbergia ovata D.Don
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Peracarpa carnosa (Wall.) Hook.f. & Thomson
Common name : Fleshy-Stem Bellflower
Vernacular name : Kaalee Munte (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Damp shaded areas in broad-leaved or Tsuga dumosa forests or moist rocks by streams; 1300 - 3800 m. altitude
Key identification features : Rhizomes creeping, prostrate, slender, branched. Flowers arise singly in leaf-axils
Flower, Fruit : March-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : SIKKIM
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Kuril Is., Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Kamchatka to Tropical Asia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 166; 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: 1382
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Peracarpa carnosa. Downloaded on 7 July 2022.

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