Lathraea squamaria L.

 
  • Family : OROBANCHACEAE
    (Broomrape Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : MISSI FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Anblatum tournefortii G.Don; Clandestina squamaria (L.) Legrand; Lathraea simplex Gray; Lathraea squamaria subsp. tatrica Hadac; Lathraea staminea Janka; Lathraea tatrica (Hadac) Landolt; Squamaria orobanche Scop.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lathraea squamaria L.
  • Common name : Common toothwort
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Deciduous woodland, hedgerows and the banks of rivers and streams; 3660 - 3970 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Parasitic plant living on the roots of a range of woody plants, on which it is dependent for its nutrition
  • Key identification features : Flowering shoots 8-30cm; flowers numerous in racemes; corolla 1-1.5cm; calyx 4-lobed
  • Flower, Fruit : July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Northwest European
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Europe and North Africa, Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 186
    • 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: 1331
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lathraea squamaria. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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