Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Bupleurum marginatum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Bupleurum marginatum Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 132 1830.

syn: Bupleurum falcatum var. marginatum (Wall. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke; Bupleurum falcatum subsp. marginatum (Wall. ex DC.) H.Wolff

Perennial herb, up to 1 m tall with linear slightly falcate leaves with narrow white cartilaginous margin; flowers yellow; primary rays 3-6; fruit 3-4 mm long.

Common in Kashmir at lower altitudes: Shankeracharya hill, Cheshmashahi, Harwan, Dachhigam, etc. Photograhed from Harwan, Kashmir.   

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[Balkar Arya]

I think this one is also found in Haryana Morni Hills Thanks for Sharing

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
09416262964

[Nidhan Singh]

Hi,

The plant reported from Haryana (as well as Morni Hills) is

B. hamiltonii Balak., Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 63: 328.

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Dr. Nidhan Singh
Department of Botany
I.B. (PG) College
Panipat-132103 Haryana
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