Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asteraceae | Genus: Inula | Species: Inula cappa (Buch. – Ham. ex D. Don) DC.( गठिहारे ) |
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| Synonym | Conyza cappa Buch. – Ham. ex D.Don | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Gathihaare | Flower Type | Capitulum |
| English / Trade Name | Fragrant Inula | Flowering Period | July-Sept |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Gathihaare | Fruiting Period | Oct-Dec |
| Altitude | Up to 2500 m | Fruit Type | Achene |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Achenes with silky – hairs. |
| Habitat | Edges of forests, grassy slopes. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Submontane and montane Himalaya, Kashmir to Sikkim and Meghalaya; Myanmar, China and Indonesia. | Bark Details | Smooth and brownish in colour |
| Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Erect shrubs or undershurbs, up to 2 m high; stem branched, silky – tomentose on young parts. Leaves subsessile, oblong – lanceolate, acute, margins toothed; thinly hairy above, grey – tomentose beneath. Flower in heads discoid (campanulate), in axillary and terminal corymbose panicles. Involucre bracts variable in size, hairy, linear – lanceolate, pale – green. Florets pale – yellow, sometimes with short ray florets; disc florets tubular, 5 – lobed with prominent ribs. Achenes with silky – hairs. Pappus hairs dirty white. | Leaf Details | Leaves subsessile, oblong – lanceolate, acute, margins toothed; thinly hairy above, grey – tomentose beneath. |
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