Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss.

 
  • Family : PLUMBAGINACEAE
    (Leadwort Or The Plumbago Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : CHITRAK FAMILY (चित्रक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Plumbaginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Armeriastrum lycopodioides (Girard) Kuntze; Statice lycopodioides; Acantholimon tibeticum
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acantholimon lycopodioides (Girard) Boiss.
  • Common name : Lycopodium Prickly Thrift
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : It is a densely clustered shrub; branches short, densely leafy, forming cushion-like clusters; Flowers are pink to pinkish; Leaves are plano-lanceshaped, minutely rough-margined; Flowering stems are simple, shorter than the leaves.
  • Distribution :
    • Ladakh : Phyang
  • Native : Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, India, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, India, Xinjiang
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of N. Arun Kumar
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acantholimon lycopodioides. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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