Dear all, The plant in the attached photo is *Strobilanthes quadrifaria **(Wall. ex Nees)* belonging to the family Acanthaceae. In the Flowers of India site it has been put under the unidentifies section calling it "Kortuk Lei" in Manipuri.
Description of the plant : Undershrub (0.2–)1–1.5 m high, stems pilose with large-celled hairs. Leaves equal in each pair, petiolate; petioles (0.3–)1.5–4 cm long, pilose; blades 5–11×2–6 cm, elliptic to ovate, acute, base attenuate and ± decurrent onto the petiole, margin crenulate-dentate, rather densely pilose with large white hairs on both surfaces and especially on the veins. Inflorescence of shortly pedunculate axillary and terminal spikes densely covered with long, silky, white large-celled hairs, spikes 2–5 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide, very compact; peduncles 0.5–1 cm long. Bracts lanceolate, ca. 2×0.6 cm, pilose with white large-celled hairs; bracteoles ovate, ca. 5×2 mm, pilose with white large-celled hairs especially towards the apex. Calyx 8–10 mm long, silky, with white large-celled hairs, 5-lobed to 1 mm of the base, lobes linear, acuminate, ciliate. Corolla in bud puberulent, in flower purple, 2–2.8 cm long, straight, the tube 2 mm wide at the base, then gradually widened to 6–8 mm, outside glabrous except for the lobes, inside glabrous except for hairs retaining the style, lobes ovate, rounded, 4×4 mm; stamens 4, didynamous, filaments pilose, the longer pair ca. 8 mm long, the shorter pair ca. 4 mm long; anthers included, the thecae oblong, glabrous, 3×1 mm. Style ca. 2 cm long, glabrous except for pilose at the base, ovary glabrous. Capsule not seen. Regards Tanay *Garg Ji Please forward this mail to Tabish Ji from "Flowers of India " He can use this information if need . * On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:54 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id assistance pl. > Earlier relevant feedback: > “... *some species of Strobilanthes*?” from Dinesh ji. > > “............*looks like Perilepta auriculata from Acanthaceae* > thanks > N.S.Dungriyal IFS” > > “Thanks for trying but it *did not match*. I went through The flowers of > > India & I found it in the list of unidentified flowers. Would you > > please help me identify it. Regards dolly” > > "Thanks Mr.Garg I have little more information regarding the flower.* In > the flowersofindia this flower is unidentified* & in the details it says > that it flowers once in nine years which could be true but I have been > seeing it flowering for two to three years in the same spot & it is exactly > the same flower shown in the unidentified pics of flowersofindia. Regards > Dimple. " > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: dimple bhati <[email protected]> > Date: 3 January 2010 15:14 > Subject: [indiantreepix:25911] Hairy looking blue flower for Id > To: [email protected] > > > Hi friends I have seen this flower growing in the creeks of the dried river > bed & close to the nallah in MP. It grows up to 2 to 2.5 ft in a creeping > way but the flower always upwards, it grows from March till April. I am > pretty sure that it is not nilgonda. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
