Synotis cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen

 
  • 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) : Senecio cappa Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Synotis cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) C.Jeffrey & Y.L.Chen
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Key identification features : Undershrubs; Stem suffruiticose, white felted; Leaves short petioled, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, acuminate, margins doubly serrate, teeth sometimes hooked, clothed with stiff hairs above, white felted beneath; Heads companulate, many-flowered, in axillary and terminal corymbose panicles; Involucral bracts 8-12, linear-oblong, acute, whitish-grey, villous-tomentose; Florets yellow; Achenes oblong, obscurely 5-plated, glabrous; Pappus white.
  • Flower, Fruit : December- April
  • Distribution :
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Singh, N. P., Singh, K. P., & Singh, D. K. (2002). Flora of Mizoram (Vol. 1). Botanical Survey of India. Pg. : 793-794
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Synotis cappa. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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