Prenanthes sikkimensis Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ASTERACEAE
    (Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Compositae
  • Basionym : Cicerbita sikkimensis (Hook.f.) C.Shih
  • Synonym(s) : Cicerbita violifolia Beauverd; Lactuca hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Stebbins; Lactuca sikkimensis (Hook.f.) Stebbins; Lactuca violifolia C.B.Clarke; Prenanthes alata Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke; Prenanthes violifolia Decne.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Melanoseris violifolia (Decne.) N.Kilian
  • Common name : Viola-Leaved Blue Sow-Thistle
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Forests, forest margins, open meadows and Scrub jungle, 2300 -3700 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to Tibet and Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 160
    • 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: 1473-1474
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Prenanthes sikkimensis. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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