Aster diplostephioides (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Heterochaeta diplostephioides DC.
  • Synonym(s) : Aster delavayi Franch.; Aster diplostephioides f. minor Y.Ling; Diplopappus diplostephioides Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke; Erigeron diplostephioides (DC.) Botsch.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Aster diplostephioides (DC.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Common name : Creeping Aster
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Alpine and subalpine grassland, wet alpine meadows, scrub, boggy areas, stream banks, floodplains, seepage areas in coniferous or mixed forests; 2700 - 4730 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Neat clump forming plant producing large lilac mauve flowers.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (West Gansu, West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 151
    • 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: 1538
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aster diplostephioides. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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