Saussurea simpsoniana (Field. & Gardner) Lipschitz, ; Nov. Syst. Pl. Vasc. 1964: 319 (1964);
Synonyms: Aplotaxis gossypina var. minor DC.; Aplotaxis simpsoniana Fielding & Gardner; Saussurea sacra Edgew;
Family: Asteraceae Dumortier
Name: PhenKamal(Common) Ghuggi, Jogi booti, Jogi phull, Jogipadshah (Dogri)
BOTANY (efloras.org)
Herbs 2-12[-25] cm tall, perennial, caespitose, polycarpic. Caudex stout, branched, with several sterile leaf rosettes and flowering stems. Stem solitary, ca. 6 mm in diam., erect, simple, usually hidden by leaves. Rosette and lower stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic to linear, 2-6 × 0.3-0.6[-1.2] cm, both surfaces green or purplish and sparsely arachnoid, base cuneate-attenuate, margin dentate to pinnately lobed, apex acute. Uppermost stem leaves linear, 10-25 × 1-2 mm, usually reflexed, both surfaces densely white lanate, margin entire or denticulate, apex acute. Capitula numerous, in a hemispheric synflorescence 2-3.5 cm in diam., sessile or shortly pedunculate. Involucre cylindric, 4-6 mm in diam. Phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, membranous, apex acute to acuminate; outer phyllaries narrowly triangular-ovate, 11-13 × ca. 3 mm, apically lanate; inner phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic to linear, 9-10 × 1.5-2 mm, apically sparsely pilose. Receptacle bristles ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla purple, 0.9-1.1 cm, tube 3.5-5 mm, limb 5.5-6 mm, lobes 2-3 mm. Achene brown, 2-3 mm, wrinkled, apically sparsely papillose. Pappus straw-colored; outer bristles ca. 3 mm; inner bristles ca. 1 cm
Phenology (Fl. & Frt.) August – September.
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Synonyms: Aplotaxis gossypina var. minor DC.; Aplotaxis simpsoniana Fielding & Gardner; Saussurea sacra Edgew;
Family: Asteraceae Dumortier
Name: PhenKamal(Common) Ghuggi, Jogi booti, Jogi phull, Jogipadshah (Dogri)
BOTANY (efloras.org)
Herbs 2-12[-25] cm tall, perennial, caespitose, polycarpic. Caudex stout, branched, with several sterile leaf rosettes and flowering stems. Stem solitary, ca. 6 mm in diam., erect, simple, usually hidden by leaves. Rosette and lower stem leaves petiolate; leaf blade narrowly oblong or narrowly elliptic to linear, 2-6 × 0.3-0.6[-1.2] cm, both surfaces green or purplish and sparsely arachnoid, base cuneate-attenuate, margin dentate to pinnately lobed, apex acute. Uppermost stem leaves linear, 10-25 × 1-2 mm, usually reflexed, both surfaces densely white lanate, margin entire or denticulate, apex acute. Capitula numerous, in a hemispheric synflorescence 2-3.5 cm in diam., sessile or shortly pedunculate. Involucre cylindric, 4-6 mm in diam. Phyllaries in 3 or 4 rows, membranous, apex acute to acuminate; outer phyllaries narrowly triangular-ovate, 11-13 × ca. 3 mm, apically lanate; inner phyllaries narrowly ovate-elliptic to linear, 9-10 × 1.5-2 mm, apically sparsely pilose. Receptacle bristles ca. 1.5 mm. Corolla purple, 0.9-1.1 cm, tube 3.5-5 mm, limb 5.5-6 mm, lobes 2-3 mm. Achene brown, 2-3 mm, wrinkled, apically sparsely papillose. Pappus straw-colored; outer bristles ca. 3 mm; inner bristles ca. 1 cm
Phenology (Fl. & Frt.) August – September.
DISTRIBUTION
4400-5800m(14400-19000ft) distributed in the Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Kashmir and Western Himalayas covering the Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
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A rare exotic endangered species found in remote untapped himalayan locations (13000-17000ft) this plant is divine as it gets. Useful as a remedy for cough, leucorrhoea, neurogenic disorders (parkinsons, alzheimer autism, als). It restores qualitative blood and is useful to treat autoimmune disorders (sle, ra ) and also certain cancers .The plant flower miraculously heals wounds and boils and internally with milk acts as a tonic.It is considered to avert any bad omens and ill wishes and has a very special pace in lifestyle of Himalayan people. The root if found on a particular asterism (or collected in a particular way without disturbing the plant) is a deterrent against the Himalayan pit viper (the highest living poisonous snake in the world 16072 ft) . I have tested this and always carry a sample it with me on my Himalayan excursion. It is a divine experience to see this plant and rightly known as the Yogi’s plant.
NOTE
It cannot be planted or conserved as it looses its medicinal efficacy if not in wild. Hence all trekkers if you do come across the plant avoid picking from the root.
IUCN : Vulnerable, Threatened, Near Extinction
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