Cicerbita cyanea (D.Don) Beauverd

 
  • 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) : Agathyrsus cyaneus (D.Don) D.Don; Chaetoseris cyanea (D.Don) C.Shih; Chaetoseris cyanea var. khasiana (C.B.Clarke) Karthik. & Moorthy; Chaetoseris cyanea var. paniculata (Edgew.) Karthik. & Moorthy; Chaetoseris hastata (DC.) C.Shih; Chaetoseris hispida C.Shih; Chondrilla hastata Wall.; Cicerbita cyanea (D.Don) Beauverd; Cicerbita cyanea var. khasiana (C.B.Clarke) Mamgain & R.R.Rao; Cicerbita cyanea var. paniculata (Edgew.) Mamgain & R.R.Rao; Lactuca funebris W.W.Sm.; Lactuca hastata DC.; Lactuca hastata var. khasiana C.B.Clarke; Lactuca hastata var. paniculata (Edgew.) C.B.Clarke; Melanoseris hastata (DC.) Edgew.; Melanoseris paniculata Edgew.; Mulgedium cyaneum (D.Don) DC.; Mulgedium neilgherrense Wight; Mulgedium robustum DC.; Sonchus cyaneus D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Melanoseris cyanea (D.Don) Edgew.
  • Common name : Arrowleaf Blue-Sow-Thistle
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : On grassy banks among trees; 2150 - 3350 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indian Subcontinent to South Central China
  • 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: 1476
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cicerbita cyanea. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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