Myricaria bracteata Royle

 
  • Family : TAMARICACEAE
    (Tamarisk Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : FARASH FAMILY (फ़राश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Tamaricaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Myricaria germanica var. bracteata (Royle) Franch.; Myricaria alopecuroides Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.; Myricaria germanica var. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Maxim.; Myricaria germanica subsp. alopecuroides (Schrenk) Kitam.; Myricaria macrostachya Kar. & Kir.; Myricaria schartii Vassilcz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Myricaria bracteata Royle
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : A shrub, 0.5-3 m tall, much branched; Leaves dense on green branchlets, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, linear-lanceolate; Flowers pink, reddish, or purplish borne in racemes on ends of branches, clustered into spike; Capsule narrowly conic; Seeds narrowly oblong or narrowly obovate
  • Flower, Fruit : June- July
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, China, India, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Altay, China, India, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, 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=Myricaria bracteata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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