Dahlia imperialis Roezl ex Ortgies

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : COMPOSITAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dahlia imperialis Roezl ex Ortgies
  • Common name : Tree Dahlia
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Introduced. Naturalized on hill stations in India
  • Key identification features : Flowers rose, pink or purple
  • Flower, Fruit : August-January
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
  • Native : Mexico
  • World Distribution : Naturalized in tropics
  • Literature : Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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=Dahlia imperialis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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