Pan India Bouquets

Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.

Family : Primulaceae
(Primrose Or Primula Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
Basionym : Drosera umbellata Lour.
Synonym(s) : Androsace carnosula Duby; Androsace orbicularis Roem. & Schult.; Androsace patens C.Wright ex A.Gray; Androsace rotundifolia Sm.; Androsace rotundifolia Lehm. ex Roem. & Schult.; Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge; Primula minutiflora Forrest; Primula patens (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Kuntze; Primula saxifragifolia (Bunge) Kuntze; Primula umbellata (Lour.) Bentv.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.
Common name : Umbelled Rock Jasmine
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Damp shady rocks, Under shade and stream banks; 270 - 1500 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Usually found as an undergrowth in shady places or near streams, ditches or moist embankments.
Flower, Fruit : November-April
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district,Alipurduar district,Cooch Behar district
Native : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North India to Russian Far East and Japan, Philippines (North Luzon), North-East New Guinea
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: 558-560
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 umbellata. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

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