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Botanical name: Scrophularia calycina Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
Synonyms: Scrophularia himalayensis
Synonyms: Scrophularia himalayensis
Large-Sepal Figwort is a perennial herb easily
distinguished from other species by linear-lanceshaped, long-pointed
herbaceous sepals longer than the flower, non-protruding stamens,
greenish flowers glandular pubescent outside, with upper petals not
longer than lower, long-pointed capsule. Leaves are ovate-lanceshaped,
heart-shaped, coarsely-toothed sharp pointed. Flowers are crowded in
leaf-less cymes. Large-Sepal Figwort is found in the Western Himalayas,
from Hazara to Kumaon, at altitudes of 2700-4000 m. Flowering:
June-August.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Kashmir University Botanical Garden, Srinagar. |