Echinops sahyadricus S.More, F.Conti & H.S.Bhosale

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Echinops sahyadricus S.More, F.Conti & H.S.Bhosale
  • Common name : Sahyadri Globe Thistle
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Found in northern Western Ghats
  • Key identification features : A perennial spiny herb, 1.2-1.8 m tall; Stems 1-2 arising from the same base, grooved vertically, woolly, hairy, dense; Stem leaves diminishing in size upwards, elliptic in outline, spiny, pointed; Florets bisexual; Flowers white; Achenes oblongoid, densely hairy.
  • Flower, Fruit : November- December
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Maharashtra
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dinesh Valke
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Echinops sahyadricus. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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