Pan India Bouquets

Hackelia uncinata (Royle ex Benth.) C.E.C.Fisch.

Family : Boraginaceae
(Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
Basionym : Cynoglossum uncinatum Royle ex Benth.
Synonym(s) : Hackelia glochidiata (A.DC.) Brand; Paracaryum uncinatum (Royle ex Benth.) N.P.Balakr.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Hackelia uncinata (Royle ex Benth.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Common name : Hooked Stickseed, Forget Me Not
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Forest and shrubberies
Comments / notes : Softly pubescent herb
Key identification features : Corolla blue, mouth of the tube with 5 scales. Ovary conical. Nutlet bristly
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
Native : Pakistan to China (NW. Yunnan)
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 279; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 191; Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 488
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Hackelia uncinata. Downloaded on 10 December 2023.