Cyananthus lobatus Wall. ex Benth.

 
  • Family : CAMPANULACEAE
    (Bellflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cyananthus farreri (C.Marquand) C.Marquand; Cyananthus insignis R.E.Grahame; Cyananthus lobatus f. albiflorus J.Luo & Shu L.Wang
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cyananthus lobatus Wall. ex Benth.
  • Common name : Trailing Bellflower
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : In meadows, on banks or hillsides, in turf, on peat, sands, gravel or among rocks, in open, among shrubs or in forest glades; 2800 - 4900 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaf blade usually oblanceolate, spatulate, or obovate, margin with 3-9 obtuse lobes above middle.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 223
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 2. Published BSI: 433
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 171
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 165
    • 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: 1389
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyananthus lobatus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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