Ixeris gracilis (DC.) Stebbins

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ixeris gracilis (DC.) Stebbins; Lactuca gracilis DC.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ixeridium gracile (DC.) Pak & Kawano
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grows in crannies of rocks on river bed and remain firmly fixed.
  • Key identification features : Annual, erect herbs with white latex; stems solitary or many from the roots; Radical leaves linear or linear-Ianceolate, cauline not auricled; Heads in terminal corymb, 3-8-flowered, cylindric, yellow; Achenes pale red, compressed, many ribbed; Pappus dirty white.
  • Flower, Fruit : December- April
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 31
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ixeris gracilis. Downloaded on 14 June 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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