[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Asystasia dalzelliana * Santapau ... (family: Acanthaceae) *a-sys-TAH-zee-uh* -- from the Greek *a*- (non) and *systasia* (united, consistent) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DAsystasia&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfTQrsur25DUdm-pVehYWvgS4I1TQ> *del-zel-ee-AY-na* -- named for N. A. Dalzell, collaborator with Gibson, of Bombay Flora
*commonly known as*: Dalzell's asystasia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/dalzell-s-asystasia>, violet asystasia<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/english/violet-asystasia>• *Marathi*: नीलकंठ neelkanth<https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-names/marathi/nilakantha-neelkanth> *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FViolet%2520Asystasia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdy7Ip04AXh4xMWROj_5Ligmj6ZwA>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Asystasia dalzelliana Santapau]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901751945%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfCB00kq2JMJ1YW9iktwIwiojws6A> [image: Neelkanth (Marathi: नीलकंठ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2901761709%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeHfeuiNwQSqzyVCFUj5mmCvDpqbA> Regards. Dinesh --
