Carpesium abrotanoides L.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Synonym(s) : Amphirhapis wightiana Hook.f.; Carpesium racemosum Wall.; Carpesium thunbergianum Siebold & Zucc.; Carpesium wulfenianum Schreb. ex DC.; Carpesium wulfenianum Bertol.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carpesium abrotanoides L.
  • Common name : Pig's Head, Carpesium Fruit
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Roadsides, grassy slopes, thickets, forest margins, streamsides; below 2800 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Naturalized in parts of Himalayas, including Kashmir.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Ladakh : Leh district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : South and central Europe to Japan and Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : South and central Europe to Japan and Himalaya and Australia, India, Inner Mongolia, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Qinghai, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 153
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1494
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carpesium abrotanoides. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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