Cirsium verutum (D.Don) Spreng.

 
  • 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) : Carduus involucratus Wall.; Carduus trilobatus Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Cirsium involucratum DC.; Cnicus involucratus Wall. ex DC.; Cnicus verutus D.Don
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cirsium verutum (D.Don) Spreng.
  • Common name : Common Thistle
  • Vernacular name :
    • Thakal, Sungure kanda, Dhaade Kaandaa, Sunggure Kaandaa, Thakaal (Nepali)
    • Zo-lenhling (Mizo)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Slopes, forests, forest margins and irrigation ditch; 500 - 3900 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Herbs 1-1.5 m tall, perennial. Stems erect, branched, unwinged, with long multicellular hairs. Leaves concolorous, green, abaxially glabrous or sparsely cobwebby and with long multicellular hairs, adaxially rough and sparsely to densely spinulose.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Kashmir
  • Native : India, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North Pakistan to Tibet and Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 733
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 154
    • 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: 1431
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cirsium verutum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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