[image: Matheran -- forest on the forehead (of the mountains)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8225246887%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfRo_0pXommKVb45CXv-9uXSvrLvA> Matheran ... about 2600 ft asl *Date / Time*: 01 NOV 12 at 11:39 AM ... *Altitude*: 2348 ft asl ------------------------------ * Strobilanthes lupulinus * Nees ... (family: Acanthaceae) *stroh-bil-AN-theez* -- cone flower ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DStrobilanthes&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzehAfresXxHBLAk1ctepK5pFy7WgA> *lup-oo-LEE-nus* or *loo-poo-LEE-nus* -- resembling hops ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dlupulinus&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcVcN77Ai4GX1Ve7iAKIWOqUUG2pg>
*commonly known as*: hop-headed strobilanthes *Endemic to*: Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flora of the Presidency of Bombay<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fstream%2Ffloraofpresidenc02cook%23page%2F366%2Fmode%2F2up&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzenystH_asmge6-UTJmPXtilJMRhg>• Talbot Trees Bombay<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archive.org%2Fstream%2FTalbotTreesBombay%2FTalbotTreesBombayPresidency%23page%2Fn425%2Fmode%2F2up&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcJIWtbok9pntBj48-8PoCg3nXKGQ> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150049354%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzd3g_C4U1VEYpl6iUlLQ1KXwanSwQ> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150065106%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfqtTKKSxoMw4gYXQHoZk3d-e-z1Q> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150066770%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfn6zWv9T6Byn-irWml9in3QakEJw> [image: Hop-headed Strobilanthes]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150026647%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeturExTxfF6eup_ta64kgXEINwXQ> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150050966%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf2W8EZhhoMVgzkOkS9qRdiUIlSYw> [image: Strobilanthes lupulinus Nees]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8150054304%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeli_hDV7U64_5oj951XFcQcDvT8w> Regards. Dinesh --
