Pan India Bouquets

Mazus surculosus D.Don

Family : Scrophulariaceae
(Figwort Family)
Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mazus surculosus D.Don
Common name : Suckering Mazus
Vernacular name : Khasre Butee, Taapre Jhaar (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest, steep grassy hill slopes, field margins, short grassland, road- and ditch-sides; 1260 - 3050 m. altitude
Key identification features : Stoloniferous; inflorescence glandular; corolla 7-11mm
Flower, Fruit : April-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to China (Yunnan), North India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 187; 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: 1101
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Mazus surculosus. Downloaded on 1 December 2023.