Spiraea arcuata Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ROSACEAE
    (Rose Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GULAB FAMILY (गुलाब फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rosaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Spiraea zabeliana C.K.Schneid.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Spiraea arcuata Hook.f.
  • Common name : Arching Spirea
  • Vernacular name :
    • Panda (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Amongst Juniper/Rhododendron scrub, thickets and open areas on mountain slopes and river banks, subalpine rocky places; 2100 -4900 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Similar to, and sometimes hard to distinguish from, Spiraea canescens D.Don, though the carpels are almost always glabrous and it generally occurs above 3500 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : June-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Kashmir
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 125
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 535
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 112
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Spiraea arcuata. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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