Saussurea fastuosa (Decne.) Sch.Bip.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Aplotaxis denticulata DC.; Aplotaxis fastuosa Decne.; Saussurea forrestii Diels; Saussurea glabrata (DC.) C.Shih; Saussurea wallichii Sch.Bip.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Shangwua denticulata (DC.) Raab-Straube & Yu J.Wang
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Forests, forest or thicket margins, grasslands, moist meadow, on slopes above rivers; 2150 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan) and North Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 161
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1440
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Saussurea fastuosa. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

Habitat

India Distribution

World Distribution

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