Pan India Bouquets

Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy

Family : Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
Synonym(s) : Dracocephalum calanthum C.Y.Wu; Dracocephalum speciosum Benth.; Ruyschiana wallichii House
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dracocephalum wallichii Sealy
Common name : Wallich's Dragonhead
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Alpine shrubland margins, meadows, scree, thicket margins; 3000 - 5000 m. altitude
Key identification features : Leaves 3cm long or more; petioles of basal leaves 5-30cm; corolla deep purple or dark blue-violet
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South Central 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: 198; 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: 953-954
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Dracocephalum wallichii. Downloaded on 2 December 2023.