Wildflower of the valley
Himalayan Teasel
Dipsacus inermis
- How easy to find
- Very rare — you need to search for it — local knowledge helps
- Flower size
- Medium to large
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)
- Local name
- फूली (Phulee)
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- large,medium
- Flower colour
- white
- Flowering
- June to September
About Himalayan Teasel
Dipsacus inermis or Himalayan Teasel is a robust perennial herb which has opposite entire or palmately lobed leaves. The plant can be identified by the solitary round flower-heads on leafless, long, channeled flowering stems. Flower-heads are creamy - white. Fruit is 8-ribbed and crowned with cup-shaped sepal-cup.
Where to find it
- Along the trail from Govindghat to Ghangaria
What the name means
Dipsacus is Greek dipsa (thirst), after cupped leaf pairs that hold rainwater; inermis means "unarmed", i.e. spineless — unusual for the mostly prickly teasel genus.
