Pan India Bouquets

Androsace delavayi Franch.

Family : Primulaceae
(Primrose Or Primula Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
Synonym(s) : Primula delavayi (Franch.) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar; Primula przewalskii Derganc
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Androsace delavayi Franch.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Glacier, moraines, rock crevices, gravelly slopes, dry meadows; 3000 - 4800 m. altitude
Key identification features : Old leaves in globular clumps at base of rosettes; leaves with spreading hairs, mainly on margins
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Nepal to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan) and North Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 167; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 562
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Androsace delavayi. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.