Parnassia mysorensis Heyne ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : SAXIFRAGACEAE
    (Saxifrage Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAXIFRAGE FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CELASTRACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Parnassia mysorensis F. Heyne ex Wight & Arn.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist localities in grasslands and scrub jungles
  • Flower, Fruit : September-December
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 2944, KFP 9496, KFP 12181, CJS 17814
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Eastern Himalayas
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984; Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished); Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Parnassia mysorensis. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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