- Family : RUTACEAE
(Rue Or Citrus Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NIMBU FAMILY (नींबू फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rutaceae
- Synonym(s) : Dictamnus albus var. gynodynamicus Beck; Dictamnus altaicus Fisch. ex Royle; Dictamnus angustifolius G.Don ex Sweet; Dictamnus caucasicus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Fisch. ex Grossh.; Dictamnus dasycarpus f. velutinus (Nakai) W.Lee; Dictamnus fraxinella Link; Dictamnus generalis E.H.L.Krause; Dictamnus gymnostylis Steven; Dictamnus himalayensis Royle; Dictamnus hispanicus Webb ex Willk.; Dictamnus macedonicus (Borbás) Pénzes; Dictamnus microphyllus Schur; Dictamnus obtusiflorus W.D.J.Koch; Dictamnus odorus Salisb.; Dictamnus sessilis Wallr.; Dictamnus solitarius Stokes; Dictamnus suffultus Wallr.; Dictamnus tadshikorum Vved.; Fraxinella alba (L.) Gaertn.; Fraxinella dictamnus Moench
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Dictamnus albus L.
- Common name : Burning bush, Gas plant
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Woodland margins and rocky scree, mainly on calcareous soils; also cultivated
- Key identification features : Perennial, strongly scented herb; Flowers pink white, showy.
- Flower, Fruit : May-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district, Kinnaur district
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sinai, South European Russia,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 92
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 1, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 141
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Dictamnus albus. Downloaded on 19 February 2025.
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