Mazus surculosus D.Don

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Plantaginaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mazus surculosus D.Don
  • Common name : Suckering Mazus
  • Vernacular name :
    • Khasre Butee, Taapre Jhaar (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Warm broad-leaved forest, steep grassy hill slopes, field margins, short grassland, road- and ditch-sides; 1260 - 3050 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Prostrate herbs; Leaves radical, obovate-spathulate, coarsely crenate; Flowers in racemes, bluish white; Capsules globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : China, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to China (Yunnan), North India
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 187
    • 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: 1101
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 216
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mazus surculosus. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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