Bothriospermum tenellum (Hornem.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
  • Basionym : Anchusa tenella Hornem.
  • Synonym(s) : Anchusa zeylanica J.Jacq.; Bothriospermum asperugoides Siebold & Zucc.; Bothriospermum perenne Miq.; Cynoglossum diffusum Roxb. ex Lehm.; Cynoglossum prostratum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Myosotis anchusiformis Griff.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Bothriospermum zeylanicum (J.Jacq.) Druce
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Weed agricultural fields, along roads and in lawns; 1200 - 2350 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Overlooked due to small size.
  • Key identification features : Diffuse herbs, up to 50 cm long, appressed hispid; Leaves ovate-lanceolate; Flowers blue or white, axillary, solitary of sometime in racemes; Nutlets ellipsoid, scabrid.
  • Flower, Fruit : March- July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Turk
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Central Asia to Japan, Philippines and Jawa, Malaya, Mauritius, Réunion
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 179
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 906
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 185
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Bothriospermum tenellum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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