Parasenecio quinquelobus (Wall. ex DC.) Y. L. Chen, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 77: 59 (1999) (syn: Cacalia pentaloba Hand.-Mazz.; Cacalia quinqueloba (Wall. ex DC.) Kitam. ; Koyamacalia quinqueloba (Wall. ex DC.) H.Rob. & Brettell ; Parasenecio pentalobus (Hand.-Mazz.) R.C.Srivast. & C.Jeffrey ; Prenanthes quinqueloba Wall. ex DC. ; Senecio bhutanicus N.P.Balakr. ; Senecio duthiei M.A.Rau ; Senecio himalaensis S.K.Mukerjee ; Senecio quinquelobus (Wall. ex DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke; Senecio vitifolius Weib.);
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Himalaya to China (SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan) and N. Myanmar: China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO;
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Similar to P. palmatisectus, but usually bulbilliferous in axlis of upper leaves and inflorescence; stem to 90cm; leaves simple, broadly ovate to triangular, blade (2.5-)-8(13) x (2.5-)-6-10(-15)cm, acuminate, base truncate to deeply cordate, entire or shallowly (very rarely deeply) palmately 3-5-lobed, margins dentate, sometimes glabrous above; inflorescence spicate or narrowly paniculate, more congested, bulbils usually replacing most capiluta; phyllaries glabrous; achenes not maturing.
Fl. August-September
Damp hollows amongst shrubs
(Attributions: A.J.C Grierson & D.G.Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RGoB and RBGE. 2001 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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addition to efI: 5 images.
please check the attached images of Parasenecio quinquelobus, not yet been posted in eFI.
Captured -Madhmaheshwar Valley Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
ID: D.S Rawat, Ashutosh Sharma, Sunit Singh
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India Flora of China FOC illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal India Flora Online Bhutan Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora (Flora of British India)
