Lasiocaryum diffusum (Brand) I.M.Johnst.

 
  • Family : BORAGINACEAE
    (Forget-Me-Not Or Borage Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : LASORA FAMILY (लसोड़ा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Boraginaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Eritrichium munroi C.B.Clarke; Lasiocaryum munroi var. diffusum (Brand) Mehrotra & Aswal; Microcaryum diffusum Brand; Oreogenia munroi (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst.; Setulocarya diffusa (Brand) R.R.Mill & D.G.Long
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lasiocaryum munroi (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Open sandy and gravelly places near streams and lakes; 3600 - 4570 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Plant branched with numerous stems; most flowers with pedicels 0.5-3mm, but lowest pedicel of each inflorescence up to twice as long; throat scales of corolla subquadrate, about as broad as high
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 180
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 897-898
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lasiocaryum diffusum. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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