Tanacetum gracile Hook.f. & Thomson

 
  • 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) : Chrysanthemum gracile (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Fedtsch.; Chrysanthemum hookeri Kitam.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ajania gracilis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Poljakov ex Tzvelev
  • Common name : Shrubby Ajania
  • Vernacular name :
    • Khamchu (Ladakhi)
  • Habit : Woody subshrub
  • Habitat : Cold desert, stony slopes of Himalaya; 500 - 4400 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Also, found along watselands. The dried leaves and flowers are fragrant and a good source of essential oil.
  • Key identification features : A grey-hairy perennial herb with many stems arising from the base. Stem 40-60 cm, branched above. densely grey haired Flower heads small, yellow in branched terminal cluster. Fruit with a cup like crown.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : India, Tajikistan, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Tajikistan, 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: 163
    • Chaurasia O P, Khatoon N and Singh S B (2006), Field Guide-Plant Biodiversity of Ladakh. WWF-India, Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) and Department of Wildlife Protection, Goverment of Jammu and Kashmir
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Tanacetum gracile. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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