Parasenecio pentalobus (Hand.-Mazz.) R.C.Srivast. & C.Jeffrey

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Cacalia pentaloba Hand.-Mazz.
  • Synonym(s) : Cacalia quinqueloba (DC.) Kitam.; Koyamacalia quinqueloba (DC.) H.Rob. & Brettell; Prenanthes quinqueloba Wall.; Senecio bhutanicus N.P.Balakr.; Senecio duthiei M.A.Rau; Senecio himalaensis S.K.Mukerjee; Senecio quinquelobus (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke; Senecio vitifolius Weib.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Parasenecio quinquelobus (Wall. ex DC.) Y.L.Chen
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine meadows, Damp hollows amongst shrubs, 2800 - 4250 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Understories of Quercus or Abies forest
  • Key identification features : Leaf blade margin lobed in distal 1/3; capitula arranged in narrow panicles
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (South-West Sichuan, North-West Yunnan)
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 159
    • 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: 1571-1572
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Parasenecio pentalobus. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

India Distribution

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