Crepis flexuosa (Ledeb.) Benth. ex C.B.Clarke

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Prenanthes polymorpha [gamma]. Flexuosa
  • Synonym(s) : Askellia melanthera (C.H.An) Tzvelev; Barkhausia flexuosa (Ledeb.) DC.; Crepidifolium afghanicum (Podlech) Sennikov; Crepis flexuosa var. tenuifolia C.H.An; Crepis kusnezovii Pavlov; Crepis melanthera C.H.An; Youngia afghanica Podlech; Prenanthes polymorpha var. flexuosa Ledeb.; Youngia flexuosa (Ledeb.) Ledeb.; Youngia glauca Edgew.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Askellia flexuosa (Ledeb.) W.A.Weber
  • Common name : Tangled Hawksbeard
  • Vernacular name :
    • Remang (Ladakhi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Stream banks, lake margins, marshes and floodplains, sandy areas, gravel and loess areas, rather sparsely covered mountain slopes, rocky outcrops, alpine meadows; 800 - 5100 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Tangled Hawksbeard is a much pranched perennial herb. Common in Ladakh
  • Key identification features : Flower-heads are 8-13 mm long by 3-4 mm broad, outer involucral bracts minute, the inner 6-8, linear, hairless.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Ladakh : Leh district
  • Native : Afghanistan, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, West Himalaya, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 164
    • Photographs of K.Sankara Rao
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Crepis flexuosa. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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