• Family : Boraginaceae
  (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
• Basionym : Cynoglossum uncinatum Royle ex Benth.
• Synonym(s) : Cynoglossum laxum G.Don; Cynoglossum roylei Wall. ex G.Don; Echinospermum glochidiatum A.DC.; Eritrichium uncinatum (Royle ex Benth.) Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang; Hackelia glochidiata (A.DC.) Brand; Hackelia roylei (Wall. ex G.Don) I.M.Johnst.; Lappula glochidiata Brand; Lappula laxa J.F.Macbr.; Lappula uncinata C.E.C.Fisch.; Paracaryum glochidiatum Benth. ex C.B.Clarke; Paracaryum uncinatum (Royle ex Benth.) N.P.Balakr.; Rindera glochidiata Wall.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hackelia uncinata (Royle ex Benth.) C.E.C.Fisch.
• Common name : Hooked Stickseed, Forget Me Not
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Open slopes, in forest and shrubberies; 2400 - 3200 m. altitude
• Comments / notes : Softly pubescent herb
• Key identification features : Leaves with + dense hairs on lower surface of lamina, as well as on veins. Corolla blue, mouth of the tube with 5 scales. Ovary conical. Nutlet bristly
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
• Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to China (North-West Yunnan)
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 180; 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: 902
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hackelia uncinata. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.

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