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Morina longifolia - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Morina longifolia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Morina longifolia - Stem section and foliage - Click to enlarge!

Stem section and foliage; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 9/2010 © Jörn Germer

Morina longifolia - Basal rosette - Click to enlarge!

Basal rosette; Botanical Garden Halle, Germany; 9/2011 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 1419
Date of entry: 26.10.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Himalayan Whorlflower

German: Langblättrige Kardendistel, Nepal-Kardendistel

Mandarin: 长叶刺参 (chang ye ci shen)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Dipsacales (35)

        Family: Morinaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Morina (1)

            Epithet: longifolia Wall. (7)

Synonym: Morina elegans Fisch. & Ave-Lall.

elegans => graceful, neat, nice

longifolia => having long leaves

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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