Family: Asteraceae | Genus: Leucomeris | Species: Leucomeris spectabilis D.Don( फुसियारी ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
Synonym | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange | |
Common Name | Phusara, Phusiari. | Flower Type | Corymb |
English / Trade Name | Flowering Period | April-June | |
Vernacular /Local Name | Phusiari | Fruiting Period | April-June |
Altitude | Upto 2000m. | Fruit Type | Achene |
Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a achenes subterete, 3-ribbed on each face, densely silvery pilose. Pappus dirty white, longer than the achenes, scabrid. |
Habitat | Growing in dry exposed localities of miscellaneous forests. | Bark Type | Fissured |
Distribution | India, Nepal. | Bark Details | White corky bark, branches stout, grooved |
Distribution in Haryana | Morni-Pinjore | Origin | Native |
Leaf Type | Simple | ||
Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
Description of Species | Shrubs to small trees, up to 5 m tall; young branches with persistent leaf scars with white corky bark, branches stout, grooved. Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed or rounded at apex, obtuse. Flower in heads corymbose, dense. Involucral bracts in 4 - 5 rows, imbricate; outer ones ovate-oblong, gradually smaller, much smaller than the florets, acute, dry. Florets all bisexual, fertile. Corolla pale yellow, tubular, 5-lobed; lobes revolute. Fruit a achenes subterete, 3-ribbed on each face, densely silvery pilose. Pappus dirty white, longer than the achenes, scabrid. | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed or rounded at apex, obtuse. |
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