Pan India Bouquets

Chirita pumila D.Don

Family : Gesneriaceae
(Gesneria Family)
Family (Hindi name) : CHARELA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Gesneriaceae
Synonym(s) : Calosacme flava Wall.; Chirita diaphana Royle; Chirita edgeworthii A.DC.; Chirita flava R.Br.; Chirita sphagnicola H.Lév. & Vaniot; Didymocarpus anthonyanus Hand.-Mazz.; Roettlera pumila (D.Don) Kuntze; Bonnaya humilis Spreng.; Bonnaya pumila (D.Don) Spreng.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Henckelia pumila (D.Don) A.Dietr.
Common name : Dwarf Chirita
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Damp rock-faces and banks in broad-leaved forest in Himalayas, at altitudes of 800 - 2800 m. altitude
Key identification features : Calyx ca. 1.2-2cm long; corolla 3-4.7cm; anthers bearded; lower surface of leaf without scales
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan, South-West Guizhou, North-West Guangxi) and Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 191; 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: 1317-1318
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Chirita pumila. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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