Tailed-Leaf Pentasachme is a perennial herb, erect,
often growing in or near flowing water. It has lanceshaped long-pointed
leaves. Flower umbels are mostly few-flowers, short-stalked. Flowers
are white with linear blunt petals. Scaled in the throat are small,
gland-formed. Anthers are long-pointed, stigma beaked. Tailed-Leaf
Pentasachme is found in the Himalayas, from Kumaon, Nepal to NE India,
at altitudes of 800-2400 m.
Identification credit: Jis Sebastian
Photographed in Ryalli, Dibang valley district, Arunachal Pradesh.
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