Primula umbellata (Lour.) Bentv.

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Basionym : Drosera umbellata Lour.
  • Synonym(s) : Androsace carnosula Duby; Androsace orbicularis Roem. & Schult.; Androsace patens C.Wright ex A.Gray; Androsace rotundifolia Sm.; Androsace rotundifolia Lehm. ex Roem. & Schult.; Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge; Primula minutiflora Forrest; Primula patens (C.Wright ex A.Gray) Kuntze; Primula saxifragifolia (Bunge) Kuntze; Primula umbellata (Lour.) Bentv.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.
  • Common name : Umbelled Rock Jasmine
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Damp shady rocks, Under shade and stream banks; 270 - 1500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Usually found as undergrowth in shady places or near streams, ditches or moist embankments; On mossy rocks, under shade and streams
  • Flower, Fruit : November-April
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Sundergarh district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Jalpaiguri district,Alipurduar district,Cooch Behar district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Native : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Amur, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 167
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 558-560
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Primula umbellata. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

Botanical Description

India Distribution

World Distribution

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