Pan India Bouquets

Androsace villosa L.

Family : Primulaceae
(Primrose Or Primula Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
Synonym(s) : Androsace altaica K.Koch; Androsace glabrata (Trautv.) Hand.-Mazz.; Androsace globifera Schur; Androsace odoratissima Schreb.; Androsace olympica Boiss.; Androsace penicillata Schott, Nyman & Kotschy; Androsace phrygia Gand.; Aretia helvetica Georgi; Aretia villosa (L.) Bubani; Primula altaica (K.Koch) Kuntze; Primula odoratissima (Schreb.) Kuntze; Primula villosa (L.) Lam.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Androsace villosa L.
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Rocky slopes above 1500 m. altitude
Comments / notes : It is frequently grown by alpine gardeners.
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Europe to Mongolia and North-West Himalaya, Morocco
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
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 villosa. Downloaded on 6 July 2022.

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