*Strobilanthes wightiana* Nees [image: Strobilanthes wightiana Nees] <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267865243>
*stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/search.php?search_text=Strobilanthes> *wight-ee-AY-na* -- named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India ... Dave's Botanary <http://davesgarden.com/guides/botanary/> • Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wight> *commonly known as*: pale kurinji *botanical names*: *Strobilanthes wightiana* Nees ... *homotypic synonyms*: *Nilgirianthus wightianus* (Nees) Bremek. ... POWO <https://powo.science.kew.org/>, retrieved 23 September 2025 *NOTE*: *Strobilanthes wightiana* is the currently accepted scientific name for the plant; *Strobilanthes wightianus* is now treated as an orthographic variant. Bibliography / etymology Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India <https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/12/languages-of-india.html> mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken *sensu amplo*. ~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~ written and spoken widely, in most parts of India *pale kurinji* - for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India <https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pale%20Kurinji.html>, retrieved September 23, 2025 ~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~ ***Kerala, ***Odisha, ***Tamil Nadu - Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. <https://www.worldplants.de/world-plants-complete-list/complete-plant-list> Version 25.09; last update Sept. 21st, 2025. Last accessed 23/09/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy). *** no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 16:42 23-09-2025 ¦ Last updated: 18:19 23-09-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~ Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2025/09/strobilanthes-wightiana-nees.html Regards. Dinesh -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CABSQqC0PtPAa_POftb_CHvCysXtfGE9J2KRGP9FrUH9GHmNstg%40mail.gmail.com.
