✿Asteraceae · Solidago
Pinja Phool / European Goldenrod
Solidago virga-aurea
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Solidago virga-aurea
- Genus
- Solidago
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pinja Phool itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“It produces arrays of numerous small yellow flower heads at the top of the stem.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pinja Phool itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पिंजा फूल Pinja phool, सोनाली Sonali
About Pinja Phool
European Goldenrod (Solidago virga-aurea) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Uses
It is planted as an ornamental.
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Pinja Phool belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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