Pan India Bouquets

Lasiocaryum diffusum (Brand) I.M.Johnst.

Family : Boraginaceae
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
Synonym(s) : Eritrichium munroi C.B.Clarke; Lasiocaryum munroi var. diffusum (Brand) Mehrotra & Aswal; Microcaryum diffusum Brand; Oreogenia munroi (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst.; Setulocarya diffusa (Brand) R.R.Mill & D.G.Long
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lasiocaryum munroi (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst.
Habit : Annual herb
Habitat : Open sandy and gravelly places near streams and lakes; 3600 - 4570 m. altitude
Key identification features : Plant branched with numerous stems; most flowers with pedicels 0.5-3mm, but lowest pedicel of each inflorescence up to twice as long; throat scales of corolla subquadrate, about as broad as high
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South Tibet
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: 897-898
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Lasiocaryum diffusum. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.

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