Pan India Bouquets

Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth.

Family : Lamiaceae
(Mint Family)
Family (Hindi name) : TULSI FAMILY (तुलसी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
Synonym(s) : Ruyschiana heterophylla (Benth.) House
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth.
Common name : White Dragonhead
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Rocky or gravelly slopes, grassy meadows; 1100 - 5560m. altitude
Key identification features : Leaves all sessile, margin entire or only partially serrate; bushy herb up to 1 m
Flower, Fruit : June-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Afghanistan, China, Chita, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North-East Afghanistan to South-East Siberia and Himalaya
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: 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 heterophyllum. Downloaded on 2 October 2023.