Published In:
High Altitude Flowering Plants of West Himalaya. Howrah, India 134. 1975. ( High Alt. Fl. Pl.) 
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(Last Modified On 4/14/2012)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 4/14/2012)
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Contributor Text:
M. Qaiser and Rubina Abid
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Contributor Institution:
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Karachi. AND Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270
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Synonym Text:
Senecillis jacquemontiana Decne. In Jacq. Voy. Bot. 90. T. 98. 1844; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Indic. 208. 1876; Senecio jacquemontianus (Decne.) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind., 3: 350. 1881; R. R. Stewart, Ann. Cat. Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 782. 1972.
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Flower/Fruit:
Fl. Per.: June-September
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Type:
In Kashmir, alt. 10-13,000 ft., Falconer & Jacquemont (P).
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Distribution:
Pakistan and India (Western Himalayas).
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Comment/Acknowledgements:
Grows between 8000-12000 ft in alpine meadows, shady areas and moist places.
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Map Location:
B-7 Hazara Dist.: Kashmir, Bedori-Bunyar range 12500 ft, L. D. Kapoor 111 (RAW); Poonch, Nil Kanth, Haneli Range, 12000 ft, 27.8.1955, Jan Mohd J12 (RAW); Siran Valley (W Himalaya), 8.7.1896, J. F. Duthie 19965a (K); Azad Kashmir: Ogamanu Kafar Khun, Muzaffarabad, c. 10000 ft., 25.8.1976, Jan Mohamad 3790 (K); B-8 Kashmir: Sonamarg 9-12000, 9.8.1921, R. R. Stewart 6628 (RAW); Aliabad to Kuthnar, 8-9000 ft., 30.6.1953, R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir (RAW); Kashmir: Kilam Marg, 11000-11500 ft., Aug. 1877, Dr. Aitchison (Compositae 51) (K); Tragbol, 10500 ft., 20.7.1876, C. B. Clarke 29307A, B (K, BM); Pahlgam, Arni probably Aru, 8700 ft., 5.7.1902, J. R. Drummond 4123 (K); Above Kainmul, Liddar Valley, 11000 ft., 21.7.1893, J. F. Duthie 13103 (K, BM); W of Pir Panjal above Tilpatra Forest, nr Rampur, Jhelum Valley, 10000-12000 ft , 7.7.1940, F. Ludlow & G. Sherriff 7747 (BM, E); Trunkal, 10,500 ft., 9.9.1956, O. Polunin 56/758 (BM); Pir Panjal (to 11400 ft.) and Gulmarg, (annot.: J. L. Stewart) 351/K or 351/R (K); Pahlgam, c. 11000 ft., 21.8.1920, R. R. Stewart s. n. (K); B-9 Kashmir: Kamri Pass, 11000-13000 ft., Dr. Giles 694 (Gilgit Exped.)(K); C-8 Kashmir: Allyabad (Alibad), 11000 ft., 6.7.1876, C. B. Clarke 28983 (BM); Hazara: Pir Panjal, Aliabad, 9.8.1901, Inayat Khan s. n. (K); Bangar, Kishtwar Dist., 11000 ft., 30.7.1940, F. Ludlow & G. Sherriff 9240 (BM); N. W. Himalaya, J. H. Lance 157 (K) (annot. By R. R. Stewart: probably Nardwan Vy, Kashmir, Kasmir: July 1831/1838, H. Falconer 2977 [E.I. 587](K); Badezulkod nala, Lidder valley, 12000 ft., 1.8.1893, J. F. Duthie 13431 (K); Phalgam-Arni, 8700 ft, J. R. Drumond 141123 (K), Fras Nag, Pir Panjal range, ± 10000 ft, alpine meadows, 27.7.1946, R. R. Stewart 23312a (K); Above Tragbal, 11000 ft, moist shady forest, 3.7.1928, B. B. Osmaston 69 (K); ibid, with ripe achenes, 10500 ft, 7.8.1919, R. R. Stewart 4923 (K); Gulmarg, Kashmir, 11000 ft, 6.8.1919, H. H. Rich 1223 (K).
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Shrub 4-5 ft tall. Stem glabrous, reddish brown, sulcate. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, obtuse or subacute, sinuate, basally cordate, glabrous, basal leaves 18-30 x 15-20 cm long petioled; upper cauline leaves winged petiolate, semiamplexicaul, lanceolate-oblanceolate, 10 x 6 cm. Capitula numerous pedunculed, in elongated or conical racemes, heterogamous, radiate, 2-2.5 cm in diameter. Involucre cylindrical, phyllaries uniseriate, lanceolate, acute-acuminate, glabrous but puberulous towards the apex, 8-10 x 3-4 mm. Ray florets ligulate, female, 10-16 mm long, 6-9 veined; disc florets tubular, bisexual, corolla 5-6 mm long, limb campanulate, 3-4 mm long, tube 2 mm long. Anthers apically obtuse, shortly caudate. Cypsela oblong, blackish-reddish brown, 8-10 ribbed, 4-8 mm long. Pappus basally connate forming a crown or of minute bristles, 1-3 mm long, 40-50, reddish brown.
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