• Family : Asteraceae
  (COMPOSITE or ASTER or SUNFLOWER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
• Synonym(s) : Aplotaxis obvallata DC.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Saussurea obvallata (DC.) Sch.Bip.
• Vernacular name : Brahma Kamal (Hindi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Rocky slopes and stream sides
• Key identification features : Heads purpulish-white. Achenes obovoid, flattened, glabrous, ribbed. Pappus pale-brown
• Native : Himalaya to China (W. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan)
• World Distribution : Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 206; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol.2 . Published BSI: 410
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Saussurea obvallata. Downloaded on 29 November 2020.

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