Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth.

 
  • Family : SCROPHULARIACEAE
    (Figwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BRAHMI FAMILY (ब्राह्मी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orobanchaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Pedicularis gracilis var. typica Prain
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pedicularis gracilis Wall. ex Benth.
  • Common name : Slender Lousewort
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine meadows on mountain slopes, grassy slopes; 2000 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Annual herbs, up to 60 cm high; stems much branched, prostrate, slender, pubescent; Leaves in whorls, pinnatifid; lobes oblong-Ianceolate; Flowers in axillary racemes, pink or purple with brownish white dots; clayx lobes orbicular.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : 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: 188
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 217
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pedicularis gracilis. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

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