Pan India Bouquets

Lathraea squamaria L.

Family : Orobanchaceae
(Broomrape Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MISSI FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
Synonym(s) : Anblatum tournefortii G.Don; Clandestina squamaria (L.) Legrand; Lathraea simplex Gray; Lathraea squamaria subsp. tatrica Hadac; Lathraea staminea Janka; Lathraea tatrica (Hadac) Landolt; Squamaria orobanche Scop.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lathraea squamaria L.
Common name : Common toothwort
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Deciduous woodland, hedgerows and the banks of rivers and streams; 3660 - 3970 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Parasitic plant living on the roots of a range of woody plants, on which it is dependent for its nutrition
Key identification features : Flowering shoots 8-30cm; flowers numerous in racemes; corolla 1-1.5cm; calyx 4-lobed
Flower, Fruit : July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Europe and North Africa, Himalaya
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 186; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1331
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Lathraea squamaria. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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