Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.

 
  • Family : LILIACEAE
    (Lily Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BACHNAG FAMILY (बचनाग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Asparagaceae
  • Basionym : Convallaria verticillata L.
  • Synonym(s) : Campydorum verticillatum (L.) Salisb.; Evallaria verticillata (L.) Neck.; Sigillum verticillatum (L.) Montandon; Convallaria leptophylla D.Don; Convallaria stellifolia Peterm.; Polygonatum angustifolium Bubani; Polygonatum erythrocarpum Hua; Polygonatum jacquemontianum Kunth; Polygonatum kansuense Maxim. ex Batalin; Polygonatum leptophyllum (D.Don) Royle; Polygonatum macrophyllum Sweet; Polygonatum minutiflorum H.Lév.; Polygonatum roseum Hook.; Polygonatum verticillatum f. alternifolium Hyl.; Polygonatum verticillatum var. gracile Baker ex Aitch.; Polygonatum verticillatum f. microphyllum Bolzon; Polygonatum verticillatum subsp. stellifolium (Peterm.) K.Richt.; Troxilanthes angustifolia Raf.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All.
  • Common name : Whorled Solomon's Seal
  • Vernacular name :
    • Khinraula (Nepali)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Forests and shrubberies
  • Key identification features : Leaves whorled, tips acute or very slightly inrolled, Tepals yellowish-white, tinged with green
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Romania,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Yugoslavia
  • Conservation Status : Shoots eaten when young
  • Literature :
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 426
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 288
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 205
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polygonatum verticillatum. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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