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Entire-Leaf Coneflower
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Entire-Leaf Coneflower
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Common name: Entire-Leaf Coneflower • Kannada: ಗುರ್ಗಿ Gurgi, ಗುರಿಕೆ Gurike, ಕೂರಿಗೆ Koorige • Konkani: वायटी Wayti • Malayalam: പൂമാലക്കുറിഞ്ഞി Poomaalakkurinji, തൊട്ട്കുറിഞ്ഞി Thottukurinji • Marathi: वायटी Wayti Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Strobilanthes integrifolia    Family: Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Synonyms: Endopogon integrifolius, Leptacanthus alatus, Mackenziea integrifolia
Entire-Leaf Coneflower is a perennial branched shrub, about 1 m tall. Oppositely arranged elliptic, lance-like leaves are 10-20 cm long. Leaves have a tapering tip and the base tapers into the wings of the leaf stalk. Flowers occur in spikes 5-12 cm long, in leaf axils or at the end of branches. The flower spikes have a strong smell. Flowers are blue, funnel shaped, 3-4 cm, with 5 rounded lobes of the tube. Sepals are linear, 8-9 mm long, covered with glandular hairs. Entire-Leaf Coneflower is found in the Western Ghats. Flowering: October-January.
Identification credit: Prashant Awale Photographed in Maharashtra.
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