Dear Garg ji, The plant shared by Sam ji looks different, particularly the pubescens in leaves is very less (it's not tomentose) and I can see some of the spike-like heads are narrow, cylindrical and more than 3 times longer than broad. Additionally in his plants the inflorescence is pale colored and not dark purplish, so his plant may not be *C. scaber* though it's tough to confirm without floral dissections.
As per the below mentioned key his plants are not even completely matching the other species *C. wightii* as the inflorescence is not 3-6 branched in his plants. Spike-like head ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, less than 3 times as long as broad, purplish in appearance when dry; axis usually simple, rarely 2 - 3-branched; fruiting calyx tube purplish-brown villous - *C. scaber* Spike-like head long and narrow cylindrical, more than 3 times as long as broad, black in appearance when dry; axis usually with 3-6 branches; fruiting calyx tube white villous - *C. wightii* Thanks and regards Ashutosh Sharma On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 at 10:11, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome pictures ! > > On Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 3:08:38 PM UTC+5:30 ashutoshsharma11sn > wrote: > >> Dear members, >> >> Here's a new addition to eFloraofIndia website. >> >> *Coleus scaber* (Benth.) A.J.Paton >> Synonym - *Anisochilus scaber* Benth. >> Family - Lamiaceae >> Endemic to Southern Western Ghats (Tamil Nadu and Kerala) >> >> Photographed in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu >> In November 2022 >> >> With best regards >> Ashutosh Sharma >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/indiantreepix/T24FVRlH_IQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fd85e98b-456c-4a52-93a7-cba9fa83218dn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/fd85e98b-456c-4a52-93a7-cba9fa83218dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CADkfUKtdcQkOd-%3DYDsXYV3stV-Tx_6ohmsX16qu46%3DNv1z4YBQ%40mail.gmail.com.
