Pan India Bouquets

Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita

Family : Rosaceae
(Rose Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Fragaria nubicola (Lindl. ex Hook.f.) Lacaita
Common name : Himalayan Strawberry
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Forests, shrubberies and shaddy banks
Comments / notes : A small softly silky-haired perennial with trifoliate leaves, with long runners which root at the nodes
Key identification features : Distinguished by its globular fruit and usually entire calyx-lobes
Flower, Fruit : April-June
Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Afghanistan to Tibet and N. India
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Afghanistan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 123
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Fragaria nubicola. Downloaded on 6 December 2022.