Cirsium wallichii DC.

 
  • 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) : Cirsium wallichii var. fasciculatum (Hook.f.) Raizada; Cirsium wallichii var. wightii (Hook.f.) K.Vivekanathan
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cirsium wallichii DC.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Chakkumullu (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Grasslands
  • Key identification features : Stems hairy, leafy; Leaves pinnately lobe, very long, stout spines on the margins; Flowers white to purplish-white, heads, clustered or solitary.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-August
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, H.S. Suresh
  • Collection Date : 14/04/1986
  • Collection Nos : N140
  • Collection Locality : Karimulimund, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Nayar, T. S., et al, 2006. Flowering plants of Kerala, A hand book
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cirsium wallichii. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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